danneee...!

yes, its the spookiest time of the year, ladies and gentlemen. and besides that, i wanted a black and white shot to go in this space. so i found this lovely shot of danny lloyd-as-daniel-torrance on some movie site. i made a color version, too... but i liked the way the black and white one came out, so i used it. wow, what a beautiful child, am i right? i mean, imagine how bad the movie would've sucked and fallen apart if they'd used some ugly annoying kid that couldn't act? (cut to a quick shot of the kids in 'jurassic park.') and yes, 'the shining' is the only movie danny lloyd ever made. and that's okay with me. he can be my little clairvoyant horror angel. that's alright with me.

o is for the overlook

the overlook hotel, ladies and gentlemen. jean-lucien really should be the one writing this; i've said as much before. i just hooked this shot tonight. i had several screen captures to choose from, but for some reason, this one seemed to indicate the surrounding surreal hotel better than most of them. the sophisticated 'sit down' with a sage, fellow clairvoyant, the almost-royal silver dish of chocolate ice cream, complete with a silver spoon... all of it tastes like an official 'changing of the guard.' and perhaps that is not unintentional. i've read the book, and although purists might disgaree, it seems to me as if halloran (scatman crothers) was interviewing young, angelic danny for the position of 'caretaker' in much the same way that ullmann was interviewing his father, jack. he seems to be asking danny, as best he can, if he can 'handle the workload,' ... an unconventional workload that incorporates the psychological stress of isolation, the burdens of personal responsibility, and the lonely bewilderment that results from the supernatural perception of past grizzly acts.