Jack and Wendy's hard work in life paid off. They gave birth to a very beautiful and smart boy Danny, much smarter than his father Jack and much prettier than his mother Wendy, and they loved their child very much.
Attentive viewers will find that the family of three are all surnamed Torrance, which is Jack's surname, indicating that Wendy and Jack immigrated from a very traditional and conservative social environment, which means that this family of three is very, very difficult to keep up with the brutal pace of progress in the big city. .
After many years of immigrant life, Jack is getting old, and his career is not satisfactory. He can't even get into the circle on an equal footing with the middle class. He is only working for the middle class. , because he has a woman he can't live without and a son he loves deeply.
Have it?
Jack is very lonely. He has been living in a strange city for many years, but he is getting more and more unfamiliar with this city. Writers are alone in a working environment. They still need to create and create, and the "environment" required spiritually is very high. . Writers like Jack are only working for the middle class to support their family, and they are exhausted. The change of the middle class in the big city is the fastest, and it is more cruel than the pace of this indifferent city. Jack obviously cannot keep up with their "fashionable" changes. .
Just like the famous song "Hotel California" by the famous group The Eagles, the melody is very beautiful, the lyrics are very strange, the contrast is strong, and the sentences are repeated: this is hotel california, you can check out at any time, but you can never go out... and that impressive such a lovely place
It's the same thing as the movie. Times have changed, but Jack is still living in the past, or the "past" that cannot be changed at all. He has not caught up with the familiar and beautiful times in his cognition, but the times have changed. Jack falls at the same time. Into the loneliness of his career, Jack's lifelong efforts for his work fell into the abyss of loneliness just because the middle class scornfully said "the rules have changed".
The story continues
with Jack and Danny and Wendy, so we have to continue no matter what, although Jack's heart has been emptied for most of the courage at this time, but he is determined to gather the last trace of spiritual power and challenge his fate again. The gray-haired Jack said to Wendy one day, let's get out of this shabby rental house, out of this big city, I found a good environment for writing, Overlook Hotel, Wendy heard Jack's "guarantee" more than once. ”, Jack mentioned that as long as there is a good environment, as long as the mood is good, the best works will definitely be created. Jack tried to take advantage of the Overlook Hotel, which is far away from time. This is definitely not a random choice. Overlook Hotel has many celebrities who have stayed there, even the royal family. In the past, there were many tourists. Overlook Hotel is gorgeous and elegant. It is what Jack has pursued in his career. Brilliant era depicted.
Shining appearance
is said to be an ability of smart son Danny. What is Shining? Due to his immigration status, as well as his outstanding talent and appearance, Danny is not only doted on by Wendy and Jack, but also a lonely person like his father Jack. An isolated child, he is overly worried about Danny getting hurt or being bullied by others. , the two chose to keep Danny away from the crowd. Danny's world only has his father and mother. His loneliness and intelligence gave him the ability to Shining - sensitive to predict what was about to happen, and it was extremely easy to repeat the terrifying and terrifying images that had happened in the past.
For Danny, there is nothing scarier than a fight with his parents. Danny is very lonely, very good, and doesn't want to lose either Jack or Wendy. So Shining is nothing more than the sensitive child's prediction of the signs of each parent's fight.
The director describes the scene of Wendy
Wendy smoking a cigarette, and the scene of using a baseball bat without hesitation. The director is only presenting the process, without adding any adjectives, without adding any, even a little deliberate subjective description, Wendy's character is very strong? Yes, for sure. Why did Wendy fight with Jack? Why is Danny in fear? The director felt that it was best to describe the process objectively. The Torrance family of three was actually dominated by Wendy. Jack and his son Danny were two lonely men. But it can be seen from Danny's fear of his father Jack that Wendy has isolated the only possibility of communication between the two men around him. This may be due to coddling, perhaps because of a misunderstanding of her husband, or perhaps more from pre-immigrant traditions. cultural influence.
Jack's loneliness is all-round. He has never really hit Danny, but Danny is afraid of himself and can't help but get angry at his wife. He feels that Wendy's mistake has affected Danny's view of himself, and he is always trembling and afraid. His wife, Wendy, who was deeply influenced by traditional culture, accused herself of having fun without a job. Gradually, the rift between Jack and Wendy deepened. The truth is that Jack needs Wendy! The more lonely, the more angry, the family of three feels more and more lonely to each other, Wendy is more and more misunderstood her husband, this warm drama is built on the same "predicament" of many immigrant families, making any onlookers look warmer .
If you go back and watch the movie again, you can find that Jack is not threatening anyone's life at all, but just complaining hysterically that Wendy didn't really care about himself, and the director just magnified the irrational side of the couple in the quarrel to the point that they must be highlighted. Why must it be represented? Because Wendy just took Jack in the quarrel as the real Jack, so the main reason for Jack's anger is because of excessive fear and excessive exaggeration. Wendy seized the situation of her husband's anger and was obsessed with it. She accused her husband again and again and doubted her husband, which led to more quarrels between husband and wife. Jack really wants to tell Wendy and Danny how much he loves them, loves them very much, and will never hurt them. Jack really wants to use the success of his career to make Wendy return to the most intimate trust in his memory.
The director did not describe Jack from a sympathetic point of view, and it was more that the camera gave Jack a mad side. Jack himself was at fault, and the director was not forgiving at all. I still remember when Jack entered the bar and imagined a bartender in a brilliant era waiting on him and chatting with him. Jack said that he had two banknotes in his pocket, which could break the self-restraint of five years of quitting drinking. At this time, you can watch Out Jack is actually a very good husband. Jack's past, creation and alcohol, shabby purse and career pursuit, seem to flash through countless pictures in a flash.
The times have changed, and that splendid era has passed away, but for a writer who lives by serving that era, he cannot give up these things. If he gives up, it means that he has nothing useful left.
Jack was extremely distressed, he fell into a brand new world, he became extremely ignorant, he was willing to live in the past era, he could still eat, and there was respect from people there, he wanted to escape from the new world! Go back to the world in memory. So the director gave Jack the Overlook Hotel. What happened? Jack did not create a work, but the thick manuscript paper was all written: All work and on play makes Jack a dull boy. Repeated sentence by sentence, it can be seen that what Jack needs more is Wendy's understanding, Wendy's care, and his son Danny's love, with these Jack is not afraid of a new world, even if the world is turned upside down Jack is not afraid, Jack does not care about fate, just ask Wendy and Danny not to leave him, not to leave the distance between each other's hearts, his spirit is too much they.
Therefore, everyone saw that Jack did not have any shot at his family in the film. Instead, Wendy attacked Jack. The director skillfully presented the Jack described by Wendy to the audience. It was a crazy Jack who was trying to hurt his wife and son. Jack, and the people around him, including the "outsiders" including the black man, influenced every audience and Wendy's opinion of Jack, Jack's last huge anger must only be vented to outsiders, that black man is all Jack's anger The breaking point, in Jack's opinion, the most to blame are these nonsense outsiders, because Jack really can't find a place to vent.
In addition, Jack did not hurt any of his beloved family members. In the end, the film, the director, the audience, and Wendy all chose to let Jack be abandoned in the wild and freeze to death alone.
This is the most heartwarming story, and the warmth that the director desperately needs to express is revealed everywhere. Wendy took Danny with him until he left and still decided that Jack was going to hurt them. The director just restored the whole plot according to this decision. For Wendy very objective. But from a detail, Danny is only willing to call Wendy Mrs. Torrance after entering the Shining state. It can be seen that Danny is not in Wendy's position. Danny is not even willing to favor either parent, or love both of them. There is no difference. , the director's objective perspective is more like Wendy's subjective perspective. The conversation between Jack and the bartender, Jack hugging a naked woman, etc.
Danny's efforts
After Danny entered Shining state, Murder deliberately read the exact opposite of Redrum as reminding Wendy to misunderstand Jack, but when Wendy woke up and saw the scene in the mirror, he still saw Redrum as Murder and was even more frightened.
This film is indeed the world's first horror film. It is simple and profound, and passionately realistic. What everyone feels after watching it over and over again is only warmth.
In the end, Jack appeared in the picture scene of the early 20th century. The director's implication could not be more obvious. It may be the place where Jack has been brilliant, or the place where Jack has never caught up in his life, but where Jack fulfilled his promise value. Jack loves Wendy very much, and Jack and Wendy live very hard, industrious and kind, so God gave them the most beautiful and smart boy Danny as a gift.
What kind of Shining does every kind family need to give to their children? Every immigrant family is not alone.
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