Shining, The (1980) - Hidden Meanings in The Shining?
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The first and most frequently seen of the film's very real American "ghosts" is No Actual Indians Indian artwork appear throughout the movie in wall hangings
2. "Bill Blakemore The Family of Man Copyright 1987, San Francisco Chronicle Fans found it surprising in 1980 when Kubrick turned out a movie that was apparently no more than a horror film."
3. "But The Shining is not really about the murders at the Overlook Hotel."
4. "The Shining is also explicitly about Americas general inability to admit to the gravity of the genocide of the Indians or, more exactly, its ability to overlook that genocide."
5. "The Shining is also about Americas current racism, particularly against blacks."
Box Office Data for Shining, The Shining, The. Rate this movie. Released in US, May 23, 1980. Total US Gross, $75,500,000. Production Budget, $19,000,000...
