I finally got round to watching the first half of the silly but enjoyably stimulating new documentary about Kubrick's version of The Shining (on YouTube) the other day. Yesterday I re-watched the film itself (with some Bavarian beer and some reheated Catholic pizza). And of course today I bought the American version (half an hour longer and hence unsuitable for us ADHD European types) on Blu-Ray. (Let's hope it really is "all regions".)
There are some nice plans of the whacky Elstree Studios set here. And there's an unbelievably nerdy site about "that sort of thing" here.
There's also some stuff on the making of from the Grauniadistas here.
UPDATE: The "background of my mind" is now working on my own theories about the film, and the way Kubrick seemingly reversed the racial culpability from the Red Man to the White Man.
UPDATE II: In any case, the "Indian burial ground" is such a standard trope it's hard to imagine Kubrick not wanting to subvert it - even if he ended up doing so unconsciously.
UPDATE III: Here too!
UPDATE IV: Here's Mother Jones. And here's probably the longest blog-post about any film ever.
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