in the end of the shinning the camera closes up on a picture with jack dated in 1921. I know this has to do with the scene of him saying it felt like deja vu when first touring the hotel, when he recognized the bartender and was not started by his presence, and when grady told him he was always the caretaker. i still dont get what thats all about.
2006-10-24 16:47:54 · 7 answers · asked by manny_ptown 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
His spirit (he dies at the end of the movie) has slipped back into the time where all ghosts were from, they have him forever. Don't pay too much attention to that movie, read the book or watch the new version if you want the whole story.
2006-10-24 17:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Time is circular. The Overlook is a manifestation of a much deeper evil power than just ghosts haunting an old hotel; it is a portal to eternity. When Jack Torrance enters the hotel, the forces inside immediately begin to consume him, and when he makes the final choice in the refrigerator, he is no longer the man Jack Torrance - he is the embodiment of The Caretaker. Stephen King uses the idea of multiple incarnations of the same being throughout his writing, as seen with the recurring character of Flagg in several of his books. Michael Moorcock touched on this very Jungian concept in his Eternal Champion novels as well.
2006-10-24 20:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by Chuck F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hotel feeds on the evil spirits of its inhabitants, most notably, the caretakers. Jack's descent into madness indicates the complete takeover of his spirit by the hotel. Kubrick uses this artistic technique to show that time is nonexistent at the Overlook, that the evil forces have transformed and internalized Jack. White-to-black/up-becomes-down transformation is a theme in all Kubrick movies, and this scene is like the punctuation mark on Jack's metamorphosis.
2006-10-26 10:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by smalltownwhiteboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took it to mean that Jack had been reincarnated. And that when you come back, you coma back as the person you were before. Over and over again. Only little things change, but your still the same person for the most part. Maybe I'm way off though.
2006-10-24 16:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by Thursdays 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that this story has been existing for years & years , meaning there has always been a man like Jack & all these events had happened & ... You get what I`m sayin`?
2006-10-24 16:52:48 · answer #5 · answered by Confused 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he's now part of the hotel's spirit so he's in the photo with everyone else the hotel captured.
2006-10-24 17:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by ravenwood4455 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I felt it was the fact that he was reincarnated and trapped in his fate to always be there
2006-10-24 17:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋