Only gets better the more times you watch it

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2019)

What can I say that has not been said before ?
One of the most analyzed and speculated about movies of all time
It's well documented how Kubrick asked for many retakes.
Although this may well have been unpleasant for the actors
I cannot rule this out as a contributing factor in the fine performances.
Kubrick simply would not stop until he was pleased with the reading.
While many obviously and justly note Nicholson and Duvall in this
I also mention the boy who plays the son.
Just how good his performance is becomes the more apparent
When you compare it to the one in the later Stephen King directed version of this.
Something I find interesting but is rarely mentioned
Is that the subject of the title-
The boy's psychic paranormal ability-
Is really the subplot of the story (perhaps more so in the movie than the book)
To the main story of the evil of the hotel
That we see Mainly in the father's growing insanity.