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The Shining Information
5,087 words, approx. 17 pages
The Shining is a 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Kubrick co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The film stars Jack Nicholson as tormented writer Jack Torrance, Shelley Duvall...


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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
Stars shine at film and video awards
07/07/2004: 501 words, approx. 2 pages
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 07-07-2004 Storytellers take up the camera A major component of the First Peoples' Festival was the Aboriginal film screenings and workshop which cumulated in an awards ceremony on June 20 at the NFB Theatre in Montreal. ...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Film shines like a coin in a street
05/17/1996: 523 words, approx. 2 pages
Twenty-five cents isn't much of a legacy to leave a loved one but, like they say, it's the thought that counts. During the Depression, however, a quarter was real money. It would buy a couple pounds of potatoes to feed a family or...
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Peru's Fujimori to be tried for murder
10/20/2007: 1,385 words, approx. 5 pages
As Peru heads into the most sensational trial in its history, the country is being taken back 16 years to the night when hooded men stormed a barbecue in a Lima tenement courtyard and machine-gunned the crowd, killing 15 people including an 8-year-old boy.It was...
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Former Peruvian soldier gets 6 months
7/1/2007: 260 words, approx. 1 pages
A former Peruvian soldier convicted there in a 1985 massacre of suspected guerrillas was sentenced to six months in federal prison for lying to U.S. officials to obtain a visa.Telmo Ricardo Hurtado was sentenced Friday. He pleaded guilty in May in a deal with prosecutors...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Carl Freedman
10,180 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Freedman situates The Shining within the tradition of science-fiction films and addresses the ways Kubrick challenges the genre of science fiction.
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Critical Essay by C. T. Walters
8,904 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Walters considers The Shining an “artistic fable” that explores the impotence of the modern artist.
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Critical Essay by Geoffrey Cocks
8,544 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Cocks contends that Kubrick's aim in The Shining is to personalize the Holocaust for the viewer.
 


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