Published on Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 1:35pm
Must-watch!! Channel 4 Takes You on a Tracking Shot Tour of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING!!
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! )
Reader Talkback
First!!! Jul 3rd, 2008 I Jul 3rd, 2008 cool Jul 3rd, 2008 LUV KURBRICK'S TEH SHINING Jul 3rd, 2008 I Always LIKED Kubrick's
Vision Better . . . Jul 3rd, 2008 One a Few OCCASIONS . . . Jul 3rd, 2008 Okay, I Give Up Jul 3rd, 2008 He didn't fret enough to
remember... Jul 3rd, 2008 I would like to see Jon
Ronsons Jul 3rd, 2008 Bonus points to Channel 4... Jul 3rd, 2008 Is there an edit at the end? Jul 3rd, 2008 Love Jul 3rd, 2008 OOPS was gonna say i Love
Channel 4 Jul 3rd, 2008 Oh jesus christ Jul 3rd, 2008 People don't get a Kubrick
movie? How shocking. Jul 3rd, 2008 you can say... Jul 3rd, 2008 Jul 3rd, 2008 Awesome promo Jul 3rd, 2008 Guy Who Got A Headache... Jul 3rd, 2008 Great promo Jul 3rd, 2008 Guy Who Got A Headache... Jul 3rd, 2008 NOT... Jul 3rd, 2008 maxsummertime Jul 3rd, 2008 This oughtta be good. Jul 3rd, 2008 maxsummertime Jul 3rd, 2008 A Shining talkback... Jul 3rd, 2008 SKULLFUCK Jul 3rd, 2008 TARKOVSKY MS? Jul 3rd, 2008 Darkocity Jul 3rd, 2008 This is amazing but... Jul 3rd, 2008 Gay. Jul 3rd, 2008 Knuckleface Jul 3rd, 2008 One Nation Under Zod Jul 3rd, 2008 What's the point of this
exactly? Jul 3rd, 2008 PICKED THEM Jul 3rd, 2008 Need a 60-sec tracking shot of
Jessica Alba's vagina Jul 3rd, 2008 Don't forget Lolita Jul 3rd, 2008 "No dialogue for thirty
minutes" Jul 3rd, 2008 If you can't get the player to
work, it's here Jul 3rd, 2008 Lemming... Jul 3rd, 2008 LIKE WALL.E. ? Jul 3rd, 2008 Did anyone spot Jack? Jul 3rd, 2008 The Shining is sooo overrated Jul 3rd, 2008 Great Promo Jul 3rd, 2008 BTW - that shot of the guy in
the dog costume Jul 3rd, 2008 That was a cool promo Jul 3rd, 2008 JackRabbitSlim... Jul 3rd, 2008 that was cool. Jul 3rd, 2008 DAISY.........................
....... Jul 3rd, 2008 Proof positive ... Jul 3rd, 2008 This is sort of crazy. Jul 3rd, 2008 kwisatzhaderach Jul 3rd, 2008 Extremely well done Jul 3rd, 2008 i love tracking shots Jul 3rd, 2008 Did anybody else think Shelly
Duvall was really annoying? Jul 3rd, 2008 Bravo Jul 3rd, 2008 RIP Bozo The Clown Jul 3rd, 2008 That was AMAZING! Jul 3rd, 2008 That's ... Jul 3rd, 2008 Nice work indeed Jul 3rd, 2008 kwisatzhaderach Jul 3rd, 2008 Stanley - as intense as the
movie. Jul 3rd, 2008 The Shining still reduces me
to a puddle of scared Jul 3rd, 2008 This promo is all kinds of
awesome Jul 3rd, 2008 American Attitude to this
EQUALS Jul 3rd, 2008 WHY DID THEY WASTE ALL DAT
MONEY?!!?! Jul 3rd, 2008 that was good Jul 3rd, 2008 Not as OCD as the DOOM level
that guy created back in the
day, a Jul 3rd, 2008 THE SHINING: yawn Jul 3rd, 2008 very Jul 3rd, 2008 All movies are gay Jul 3rd, 2008 I was reminded of the elevator
scene Jul 3rd, 2008 I wish Jul 3rd, 2008 Imagine THIS re-creation of a
Shining set: Jul 3rd, 2008 The Shining is very
overrated... Jul 3rd, 2008 And this is one of those very
rare cases... Jul 3rd, 2008 The Shining can't compare to
the Langoliers Jul 4th, 2008 In all seriousness, the best
King movie ever... Jul 4th, 2008 When will Michael Bay be
damned, damn it? Jul 4th, 2008 A lookalike for Shelley
Duvall? Jul 4th, 2008 If one were to wander Jul 4th, 2008 You don't like the Shining?
Then fuck you, you little
pussy. Jul 4th, 2008 The Shining rules all! Jul 4th, 2008 Also... Jul 4th, 2008 THE SHINING- Best Film
Evarrrr. Jul 4th, 2008 That was fucking AMAZING! Jul 4th, 2008 Where's Wendy! Jul 4th, 2008 that is so SO good Jul 4th, 2008 Kubrick is one of the few
giants of cinema Jul 4th, 2008 It's a novel feeling these
days... Jul 4th, 2008 Wendy is at the very beginning Jul 4th, 2008 Alfred_Packer Jul 4th, 2008 I worship the novel.. Jul 4th, 2008 Philip Stone rocks Jul 4th, 2008 I think the book is King's
best Jul 4th, 2008 Fuck Channel 4 / Film 4 Jul 4th, 2008 Are we all in agreement that
Eyes Wide Shut sucked? Jul 4th, 2008 No, we are not in Jul 4th, 2008 Eyes Wide Shut is a great film Jul 4th, 2008 Yeah, I'll have to rewatch
that one Jul 4th, 2008 They actually put a lot of
effort into that one. Jul 4th, 2008 Nice explanation Xyzzy Jul 4th, 2008 Tonight I'm gonna party like
it's 1999 Jul 4th, 2008 http://www.rense.com/general7/
alchemkubrick.htm Jul 4th, 2008 i dont want to hurt you Jul 4th, 2008 nice Jul 4th, 2008 Not The Shining Jul 4th, 2008 Kubrick = Greatest Director Of
All Times, One True God of
Film Jul 4th, 2008 EYES WIDE SHUT= Kubrick's most
misunderstood, underrated Jul 4th, 2008 kwisatzhaderach Jul 4th, 2008 Samuel Fuller arghhh Jul 4th, 2008 BARRY LYNDON Is Great Jul 4th, 2008 I saw dreamcatchers... Jul 4th, 2008 Kubrick=self-indulgence Jul 4th, 2008 Interesting story about barry
lydon... Jul 4th, 2008 Well, I'll be pig fucked! Jul 4th, 2008 Kubrick was great, but Eyes
Wide Shut Jul 4th, 2008 Barry Lyndon is Incredible Jul 4th, 2008 I have a soft spot for The
Killing and Paths of glory Jul 4th, 2008 Wait a minute, KurtLockwood Jul 4th, 2008 My Thoughts Jul 4th, 2008 Well it's nice to see some
Barry Lyndon love on here Jul 5th, 2008 Even bad Kubrick is great Jul 5th, 2008 it's official Jul 5th, 2008 thegreattwattzit Jul 5th, 2008 and worse Jul 5th, 2008 thegreatwhatzit Jul 5th, 2008 Guy Who Got A Headache And
Accidentally Saves The World Jul 6th, 2008 Beaks, do you always speak for
the dead? Jul 6th, 2008 The Shining was a strange
film. Jul 7th, 2008
