The Shining Backwards and Forwards audiovisual synch experiment revisited

Jon recently asked about this…

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22shining+forwards+and+backwards%22

The Shining Forwards and Backwards experiment.

Some material or quotes that stood out for me among the links.

http://screencrush.com/shining-forwards-and-backwards-review/

“Working in concert with the presentation of ‘Room 237,’ the geniuses behind Fantastic Fest decided to screen ‘The Shning Forwards and Backwards,’ a homebrewed mind trip similar to ‘Dark Side of the Rainbow.’ Two projected images appear at the same time – the whole of ‘The Shining’ in traditional and reverse direction. Though they have the same illumination, there is audio only for “forward,” giving that image dominance, so that the “reverse” frequently works in wonderful counterpoint. Program notes from “the world’s greatest palindromest’ John Fell Ryan were offered for those in the audience “less chaos-oriented.””

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I don’t think Kubrick purposely created the Shining to run against itself backwards to forwards. But he certainly had a strong “behind the curtain” presence in this one concerning seeming errors in film continuity. There are literally *hundreds* of these going on in The Shining. One of my favorites is when Scatman Cruthers says “story room” instead of “storage room” when entering a food locker of the Overlook Hotel’s kitchen. I created an imaginary or fake band of that name for fictional fun and tomfoolery. Here’s another head scratcher: double dooknobs where they definitely shouldn’t be.

https://vimeo.com/39193415

Source:

https://vimeo.com/kdk12/videos

There are all kinds of doors to follow through here:

http://adhoc.fm/post/john-fell-ryan-shining/

“People get the wrong idea when they ask if Pink Floyd meant for Dark Side of the Moon to be synced with The Wizard of Oz. The mysterious thing is that they do sync– they sync inside your head. I have heard complaints about The Shining Forwards and Backwards experiment– for example, that it isn’t conclusive, because it doesn’t take into account the deleted hospital scene or the shorter cut shown internationally. But the most important aspect of superimposition isn’t author’s intention;it’s watching something familiar in a new way– or ways, seeing two points of view simultaneously and continuously. It’s a dance, beautiful and social.”

http://www.blogto.com/events/the-shining-forwards-and-backwards/

“Dark Side of the Rainbow for the 21st century, THE SHINING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS is a hallucinatory palindromic mindfuck, an accidental profundity resulting from a literal reading of MSTRMD’s comment that “The Shining is a film meant to be watched both forwards and backwards.””

This was an interesting juxtaposition. I had recently researched the Swannanoa Mansion and its former inhabitants Walter and Lao Russell on this blog as well. Synchronicity re synchronicity!:

Show Notes for Episode 205, “I Have Obligations to My Employer!”

“Shiny Happy People” also appears in Carrcass-10.