Fan discovers new ‘really weird’ detail about Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining

More than 40 years after the premiere of the beloved horror film, a fan has discovered a new “really weird” detail about Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining, and it has stunned even the film’s most devoted fans.

The psychological thriller, directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on a novel of the same name written by Stephen King, follows a man who went insane while he, his wife, and his son were trapped together in an abandoned – and haunted – hotel. in the middle of a snow storm.

The film was hugely popular and has been watched by millions around the world over its four decades since it was released, but now an author claims to have noticed something very interesting that occurs throughout the film – which he claimed no one else has ever seen. done. for.

Film professor and writer Filippo Ulivieri, who has written two biographies about the director of The Shining, shared his discovery via Twitter last week, and many die-hard fans of the film couldn’t believe they hadn’t noticed.

The psychological thriller, which was directed by Stanley Kubrick, followed a man who went berserk while he, his wife and his son were trapped together in a haunted hotel.

The film has been viewed by millions, but now an author has claimed to have noticed something very interesting that happens throughout the film – which no one else has ever seen before

According to Filippo, there are some very subtle moments in the movie where Jack’s character looks straight at the camera, almost as if he’s watching you through the screen.

Film professor and writer Filippo Ulivieri (seen), who has written two biographies about the director of The Shining, shared his discovery via Twitter last week, and many die-hard fans of the film couldn’t believe they hadn’t noticed.

“I’ve noticed something strange happening in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Admittedly, there are plenty of strange things happening in The Shining, but this is really weird,” he wrote.

‘I don’t think anyone has ever noticed, because I can’t find anything about it. No article, no video, nothing.

“I’m talking about Jack Nicholson looking straight into the camera, but I’m not talking about when he’s looking into the camera, because he’s talking to someone else.

This type of shot is called subjective camera, a technique that puts the audience in the shoes of a character.

‘I’m talking about all the times in which [Jack’s character] Jack Torrance looks at the camera, but there’s no one to look at.’

Filippo added that it happens several times throughout the movie, but he explained that every time it goes that fast, you blink and miss it.

‘It’s all very short moments, captured in a few frames. It’s really just a look,” he continued.

According to Filippo, there are some very subtle moments in the movie where Jack’s character looks straight at the camera, almost as if he’s watching you through the screen.

Filippo added that it happens several times throughout the movie, but he explained that every time it goes that fast, you blink and miss it.

‘It’s all very short moments, captured in a few frames. It’s really just a look,” he continued. “It’s like Jack is glancing at something, like he’s peeping”

“It can happen as the eyes move from one point in space to another. But most of the time it’s like Jack takes a close look at something, like he’s peeping.

“And it only happens with Jack Nicholson—or Jack Torrance, that is. No other actor and no other character in the movie does that. Only Jack.’

The professor added that everything in Stanley’s films “happens for a reason,” so he believes the creepy looks toward the camera were definitely “intentional.” The director is in the picture

The professor added that everything in Stanley’s films “happens for a reason,” so he believes the creepy looks toward the camera were definitely “intentional.”

It is difficult to dismiss this detail as a mistake. It’s just too many, it can’t be a coincidence,” he explained, sharing a few GIFs showing Jack’s eye movements.

“When actors look straight into the camera, it’s said they’re breaking the fourth wall. The expression comes from the theater: it means that the actors break through the imaginary wall that separates them from the audience, breaking the illusion of the play’s reality.

It works the same way in movies. It breaks through the viewer’s so-called suspension of disbelief: we look at the fiction as if we were observing real events, until the actor breaks that illusion by looking straight at us.’

The author said he believes it is a method used to make the audience feel like Jack is coming after them and no one is “safe from his wrath.”

He concluded: ‘The Shining is an extreme film. So maybe this is another over-the-top idea Kubrick had. Like, why don’t we break the fourth wall, but we do it all the time?’

The author described the method as a “powerful device” that can make the viewer feel like they are “no longer watching a story” unfold, but rather “become part of it.”

He added that most directors make the eye contact “very noticeable” on purpose so that audiences “recognize it immediately,” but what Jack does in the Shining is “completely different.”

“It doesn’t feel intentional, and it may well escape our perception. In fact, as I said, until now I am not aware that anyone has noticed,” he concluded.

“If this look on camera means anything to me, it means *we* aren’t safe from Jack’s wrath.

‘He knows where we are. He can come and get us later. Now I’m scared – and amazed again by Kubrick’s cinematic tricks.

The Shining is an extreme film in many ways. It’s so exaggerated that it places itself between the creepy and the ridiculous.

Filippo’s Twitter thread has been viewed over six million times and received a slew of comments from people who were impressed by his observation and interpretation

So maybe this is another exaggerated idea that Kubrick had. Like, why don’t we break the fourth wall, but we do it all the time?’

Filippo’s Twitter thread has been viewed over six million times and received a slew of responses from people who were impressed by his observation and interpretation.

“It’s kind of amazing that this movie is so great that we’re still discovering things about it [43 years later],” someone wrote.

“Great thread, I’ve probably watched the Shining four or five times but never noticed it,” said another.

Another user added, “Never in my life have I noticed this, and it requires an immediate rethink. This is so disturbing and genius, how did I not see it?’

‘I’ve seen it 100 times… I never said it [this] together. This just blew my mind,” read a fourth tweet.