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Must-watch!! Channel 4 Takes You on a Tracking Shot Tour of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING!!

Beaks here...

To promote their forthcoming season of Stanley Kubrick films (scheduled to coincide with the late director's eightieth birthday on July 26th), Channel 4 has done something quite insane. They've meticulously recreated the set of THE SHINING for a sixty-five-second, behind-the-scenes tracking shot. It's an appropriately obsessive gesture - one that Kubrick himself would've enjoyed (once he was done fretting over some microscopic piece of minutiae they either misplaced or forgot to include). The corresponding article at The Guardian explains how they pulled it off (replete with a 25mm Cooke lens). Read and marvel.

The series of ten films will begin on July 15th, with Jon Ronson's documentary, CITIZEN KUBRICK, kicking it all off. And that'll be available in the U.S. when exactly? If you've never read Ronson's "Citizen Kubrick" piece for The Guardian, remedy that when you get a chance.

(Thanks to MovieCityNews for the find!)

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First!!!
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:36:56 PM
I
by la_sith
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:38:23 PM
cool
by all
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:38:43 PM
LUV KURBRICK'S TEH SHINING
by la_sith
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:38:53 PM
I Always LIKED Kubrick's Vision Better . . .
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:39:55 PM
One a Few OCCASIONS . . .
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:40:37 PM
Okay, I Give Up
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:41:09 PM
He didn't fret enough to remember...
by FILMFUNK
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:43:02 PM
I would like to see Jon Ronsons
by emeraldboy
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:45:47 PM
Bonus points to Channel 4...
by zombie_buffet
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:49:23 PM
Is there an edit at the end?
by Hockle
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:49:31 PM
Love
by Conans Sword
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:52:36 PM
OOPS was gonna say i Love Channel 4
by Conans Sword
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:53:29 PM
Oh jesus christ
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:53:52 PM
People don't get a Kubrick movie? How shocking.
by la_sith
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:56:23 PM
you can say...
by Whitemouse
Jul 3rd, 2008
02:56:48 PM

by matalo
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:00:06 PM
Awesome promo
by henrydalton
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:01:54 PM
Guy Who Got A Headache...
by brokentusk
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:05:34 PM
Great promo
by moviemaniac-7
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:07:15 PM
Guy Who Got A Headache...
by Conans Sword
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:13:25 PM
NOT...
by maxsummertime
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:21:17 PM
maxsummertime
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:25:00 PM
This oughtta be good.
by Zarles
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:25:40 PM
maxsummertime
by Conans Sword
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:26:19 PM
A Shining talkback...
by skimn
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:30:56 PM
SKULLFUCK
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:31:04 PM
TARKOVSKY MS?
by Darkocity
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:33:14 PM
Darkocity
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:34:45 PM
This is amazing but...
by Knuckleface
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:36:35 PM
Gay.
by One Nation Under Zod
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:38:07 PM
Knuckleface
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:40:08 PM
One Nation Under Zod
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:41:15 PM
What's the point of this exactly?
by JKrow21
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:41:42 PM
PICKED THEM
by maxsummertime
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:42:20 PM
Need a 60-sec tracking shot of Jessica Alba's vagina
by Lenny8
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:46:51 PM
Don't forget Lolita
by skimn
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:50:17 PM
"No dialogue for thirty minutes"
by skimn
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:51:29 PM
If you can't get the player to work, it's here
by Riley Martin
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:51:34 PM
Lemming...
by loafroaster
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:51:46 PM
LIKE WALL.E. ?
by maxsummertime
Jul 3rd, 2008
03:59:50 PM
Did anyone spot Jack?
by joe90025
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:03:54 PM
The Shining is sooo overrated
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:07:40 PM
Great Promo
by RaRoMo
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:08:13 PM
BTW - that shot of the guy in the dog costume
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:10:31 PM
That was a cool promo
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:15:48 PM
JackRabbitSlim...
by loafroaster
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:16:07 PM
that was cool.
by Bones
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:23:36 PM
DAISY......................... .......
by maxsummertime
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:29:19 PM
Proof positive ...
by No Respectable Gentleman
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:34:53 PM
This is sort of crazy.
by eggart
Jul 3rd, 2008
04:54:28 PM
kwisatzhaderach
by One Nation Under Zod
Jul 3rd, 2008
05:03:33 PM
Extremely well done
by force10
Jul 3rd, 2008
05:16:32 PM
i love tracking shots
by ArcadianDS
Jul 3rd, 2008
05:33:38 PM
Did anybody else think Shelly Duvall was really annoying?
by Manos
Jul 3rd, 2008
05:35:06 PM
Bravo
by ZombieChimp
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:00:34 PM
RIP Bozo The Clown
by Heckles
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:12:51 PM
That was AMAZING!
by Gilkuliehe
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:27:45 PM
That's ...
by GiveMeAnFinBreak
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:46:59 PM
Nice work indeed
by Alfred_Packer
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:51:38 PM
kwisatzhaderach
by quantize
Jul 3rd, 2008
06:55:16 PM
Stanley - as intense as the movie.
by INDIETHIS
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:16:48 PM
The Shining still reduces me to a puddle of scared
by password.swordfish
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:26:34 PM
This promo is all kinds of awesome
by Anakin Whoopass
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:35:34 PM
American Attitude to this EQUALS
by A G
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:35:44 PM
WHY DID THEY WASTE ALL DAT MONEY?!!?!
by A G
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:35:58 PM
that was good
by chipps
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:50:43 PM
Not as OCD as the DOOM level that guy created back in the day, a
by YME
Jul 3rd, 2008
07:55:21 PM
THE SHINING: yawn
by thegreatwhatzit
Jul 3rd, 2008
08:21:15 PM
very
by BrightEyes
Jul 3rd, 2008
09:03:28 PM
All movies are gay
by Myrrth Sicopath
Jul 3rd, 2008
09:54:12 PM
I was reminded of the elevator scene
by Boo Cocky
Jul 3rd, 2008
10:00:21 PM
I wish
by Bricktops hammer
Jul 3rd, 2008
10:17:21 PM
Imagine THIS re-creation of a Shining set:
by Zeke25:17
Jul 3rd, 2008
11:24:04 PM
The Shining is very overrated...
by drompter
Jul 3rd, 2008
11:28:10 PM
And this is one of those very rare cases...
by Zeke25:17
Jul 3rd, 2008
11:50:57 PM
The Shining can't compare to the Langoliers
by Myrrth Sicopath
Jul 4th, 2008
12:00:30 AM
In all seriousness, the best King movie ever...
by Zeke25:17
Jul 4th, 2008
12:02:59 AM
When will Michael Bay be damned, damn it?
by Cletus Van Damme
Jul 4th, 2008
12:23:08 AM
A lookalike for Shelley Duvall?
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 4th, 2008
12:52:59 AM
If one were to wander
by comedian_x
Jul 4th, 2008
01:59:25 AM
You don't like the Shining? Then fuck you, you little pussy.
by alucardvsdracula
Jul 4th, 2008
02:17:11 AM
The Shining rules all!
by GravyAkira
Jul 4th, 2008
02:25:23 AM
Also...
by GravyAkira
Jul 4th, 2008
02:29:17 AM
THE SHINING- Best Film Evarrrr.
by L. Ron Bumquist
Jul 4th, 2008
03:08:48 AM
That was fucking AMAZING!
by BenBraddock
Jul 4th, 2008
03:09:00 AM
Where's Wendy!
by BenBraddock
Jul 4th, 2008
03:19:44 AM
that is so SO good
by hoisin
Jul 4th, 2008
03:26:14 AM
Kubrick is one of the few giants of cinema
by zapano
Jul 4th, 2008
03:34:56 AM
It's a novel feeling these days...
by DC Films
Jul 4th, 2008
03:35:24 AM
Wendy is at the very beginning
by Alfred_Packer
Jul 4th, 2008
03:52:16 AM
Alfred_Packer
by BenBraddock
Jul 4th, 2008
04:00:29 AM
I worship the novel..
by Alfred_Packer
Jul 4th, 2008
04:03:20 AM
Philip Stone rocks
by Alfred_Packer
Jul 4th, 2008
04:08:10 AM
I think the book is King's best
by BenBraddock
Jul 4th, 2008
04:14:02 AM
Fuck Channel 4 / Film 4
by masteryoda007
Jul 4th, 2008
04:45:23 AM
Are we all in agreement that Eyes Wide Shut sucked?
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 4th, 2008
05:02:17 AM
No, we are not in
by comedian_x
Jul 4th, 2008
06:11:58 AM
Eyes Wide Shut is a great film
by zapano
Jul 4th, 2008
06:39:58 AM
Yeah, I'll have to rewatch that one
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 4th, 2008
06:48:26 AM
They actually put a lot of effort into that one.
by Knuckleduster
Jul 4th, 2008
07:37:51 AM
Nice explanation Xyzzy
by BenBraddock
Jul 4th, 2008
08:24:04 AM
Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 4th, 2008
09:23:58 AM
http://www.rense.com/general7/ alchemkubrick.htm
by REDD
Jul 4th, 2008
11:17:47 AM
i dont want to hurt you
by ValMcKee
Jul 4th, 2008
11:32:02 AM
nice
by blonde redhead
Jul 4th, 2008
12:05:06 PM
Not The Shining
by 2LeggedFreak
Jul 4th, 2008
12:31:29 PM
Kubrick = Greatest Director Of All Times, One True God of Film
by LaserPants
Jul 4th, 2008
01:10:51 PM
EYES WIDE SHUT= Kubrick's most misunderstood, underrated
by la_sith
Jul 4th, 2008
01:26:39 PM
kwisatzhaderach
by Darkocity
Jul 4th, 2008
01:38:29 PM
Samuel Fuller arghhh
by Darkocity
Jul 4th, 2008
01:42:46 PM
BARRY LYNDON Is Great
by LaserPants
Jul 4th, 2008
02:02:16 PM
I saw dreamcatchers...
by emeraldboy
Jul 4th, 2008
03:27:03 PM
Kubrick=self-indulgence
by thegreatwhatzit
Jul 4th, 2008
03:34:31 PM
Interesting story about barry lydon...
by emeraldboy
Jul 4th, 2008
03:37:23 PM
Well, I'll be pig fucked!
by darth_hideous
Jul 4th, 2008
04:41:18 PM
Kubrick was great, but Eyes Wide Shut
by chromedome
Jul 4th, 2008
05:19:55 PM
Barry Lyndon is Incredible
by rhcp2sweet
Jul 4th, 2008
07:32:58 PM
I have a soft spot for The Killing and Paths of glory
by SpencerTrilby
Jul 4th, 2008
08:57:13 PM
Wait a minute, KurtLockwood
by SpencerTrilby
Jul 4th, 2008
09:09:44 PM
My Thoughts
by Bramton1
Jul 4th, 2008
11:07:47 PM
Well it's nice to see some Barry Lyndon love on here
by L. Ron Bumquist
Jul 5th, 2008
05:00:15 AM
Even bad Kubrick is great
by m_prevette
Jul 5th, 2008
07:11:01 AM
it's official
by Kloipy
Jul 5th, 2008
07:52:02 AM
thegreattwattzit
by quantize
Jul 5th, 2008
09:03:56 AM
and worse
by quantize
Jul 5th, 2008
09:05:25 AM
thegreatwhatzit
by Colonel_Blimp
Jul 5th, 2008
11:04:22 AM
Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
by batzilla
Jul 6th, 2008
09:52:35 AM
Beaks, do you always speak for the dead?
by Bronx Cheer
Jul 6th, 2008
01:42:32 PM
The Shining was a strange film.
by sundancekeed
Jul 7th, 2008
09:23:09 AM

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