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shaggy61 — 15 years ago(December 30, 2010 05:36 PM)

I wonder if Stephen King ever acknowledged this film as a source. "The Shining" is basically "Bigger Than Life" on steroids: household with mother, father, and one son; dad gradually loses his mind and tries to do in son. Also the homicidal person spouting Biblical verse has appeared in his other works (Carrie, The Mist).

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James Mason is a Kubrick kinda guy, I think has that stentorian fuel on reserve

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Probably not. Did King ever acknowledge that Shawshank Redemption is based on The Count of Monte Cristo?

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I just noticed in the opening credits, when all of the children are running out of the school at the start of Easter break, there is a symmetrical shot with the school door in the centre of the screen and two twins run out holding hands. They look very similar to the twins from the Shining!

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I came to this board to write that very thing.
Reality is the new fiction they say, truth is truer these days, truth is man-made

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Both deal with addiction and insanity. I could see the similarities.

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Citizen Kane?

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In his denial of family and social values, this was a bit of a precursor of American Beauty, too.
I'm trying to remember the movie which, like this one, shows its protagonist's fractured reflection in a broken mirror.

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I was also thinking about this while I watched the film and it seriously seems that The Shining might have something to do with this, only amplified. If it does, maybe Stephen King might have noted something about the confinement of the house which is the main idea in The Shining.
"You young people are so old fashioned!"

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I can totally see that! Awesome post. Thanks.
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Indeed an interesting comment. I haven't yet watched BIGGER THAN LIFE, but will have your suggestion in my mind as I watch it.
I'm the kind of guy, when I move - watch my smoke. But I'm gonna need some good clothes though.

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