‘The Shining’ sparked a well-intentioned narrative among Shelley Duvall’s concerned fans. But it also diminished her considerable talent.
Almost nothing said about Shelley Duvall’s Wendy Torrance in “The Shining” is the truth. The lies start as soon as she enters the Overlook Hotel and the cook, Dick , calls her son Danny by his nickname, “Doc.” Dick fibs that Wendy must have said it aloud. She hasn’t, and in the next scene, Dick tells the boy privately that they’re both psychic. But no one ever clues in Wendy — she just absorbs more lies — and by the end of the movie, she’s endured a literal and metaphorical snow job.
Style is where The Washington Post covers happenings on the front lines of culture and what it all means, including the arts, media, social trends, politics and yes, fashion, all told with personality and deep reporting. For more Style stories,Stanley Kubrick, the 1980 film’s director, didn’t believe in ghosts. He was into familial torture.
Much of our impressions of “The Shining” set come from that 1980 documentary short, directed by Vivian Kubrick, Stanley’s then-17-year-old daughter. It’s online, and if you want to witness Kubrick the tyrant, he’s in there reacting sarcastically when Duvall shows him that her hair is falling out and ordering his crew to show her no sympathy. In one tense confrontation, he bawls her out for missing a cue.
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