Great analysis. I haven’t noticed that. It is the subconscious uncanniness that is the scary part. I think the term for this is bisociation. In a sense you have two mutually exclusive truths that turn out to be both true. I have studied that in the course by Corey Mandell. It bugs the mind.
I thought more about that regarding the film Get Out. And the ambiguity there is that the protagonist is basically considered as Ubermensch and a slave at the same time.
Maaan, I’d love to have these threads to discuss specific storytelling tools. Your review def made me think.
“It scares us not by making us identify with the victims, but by making us identify with the killer, Jack.”
This was something I hadn’t noticed at all! What a great insight, Benno. Reminds me of the unsettling experience I had reading Lolita as we are invited into his frame of mind as well.
Thanks a lot Rob!! Yeah, Lolita plays on similar tricks on the reader, and after all, Stanley Kubrick also adapted it into film, so likely still influenced by it.
Benno!
Just gotta say I loved the cinema club talk for this. So much stuff I didn't notice!
Hello, Benno! I don’t know if this has really any correlation to the monster but, who or what do you think the face is in The Shining poster is?
Tony
Wow, I have a lot of questions for next Cinema Club now.
Great analysis. I haven’t noticed that. It is the subconscious uncanniness that is the scary part. I think the term for this is bisociation. In a sense you have two mutually exclusive truths that turn out to be both true. I have studied that in the course by Corey Mandell. It bugs the mind.
Yes, I think that’s what make the film so surprising, the capacity of making two superimposed narratives in a sense…
I thought more about that regarding the film Get Out. And the ambiguity there is that the protagonist is basically considered as Ubermensch and a slave at the same time.
Maaan, I’d love to have these threads to discuss specific storytelling tools. Your review def made me think.
That's the exact same philosophy David Lynch had about film. I think Tarkovsky also had a similar point of view.
Yeah, David Lynch was very adamant about it. Tarkovsky had a very poetic approach to film too.
You must read Dr Death.
Thanks for the rec Rea, do you mean Dr Sleep, the sequel?
Yes, it was brilliant.
“It scares us not by making us identify with the victims, but by making us identify with the killer, Jack.”
This was something I hadn’t noticed at all! What a great insight, Benno. Reminds me of the unsettling experience I had reading Lolita as we are invited into his frame of mind as well.
Thanks a lot Rob!! Yeah, Lolita plays on similar tricks on the reader, and after all, Stanley Kubrick also adapted it into film, so likely still influenced by it.