Via the inimitable Making Light, here’s a trailer for The Shining cut to show it’s a feel-good family flick.L
In one of those weird tics of memory, I can’t remember whether I actually saw this in a film class or simply read about it, but I saw* one clip of film of a woman walking alone at night set to three different soundtracks: horror, so you knew she was being followed; romantic, so you’d think she was on her way to a romantic encounter; and a third I can’t remember at the moment. One clip of film, three completely different moods.
(I also feel as though I’ve seen Kuleshov’s famous montage experiment, but I know I’ve just heard about it.)
*You just read the caveat, right?
Memory is mutable. In college Psychology, the professor discussed one example:
Students were asked to watch a video clip which showed a car driving through typical beautiful fall New England countryside, rolling hills, farms, covered bridges, quaint country churches, colored trees etc.
Following the viewing the students were quizzed on the content of the clip. Some were questions like:
Was the Red barn shown before or after the covered bridge?
On the left or the right side?
Among other inoccuous questions.
There was no Red Barn in the movie clip. Though it would have fit well.
Virtually *all* the students remembered seeing the red barn. After watching the clip *again*, many claimed that the clips had been changed! Memory is mutable.