Perhaps, but I think the cheats have a lot more to do with shot composition than making the hotel seem like a crazy funhouse.

The mini-series that follows King's novel closely is, not by coincidence, utter shit. Also, agree on the composition thing.

Kubrick probably noticed the inconsistencies, but in all likelihood most of them were probably accidents and set conservation (studio sets rarely are prefect in their size and geometry) and Kubrick probably just thought they were cool and disorienting and left them in.

The novel isn't terrible, but it wouldn't make a very good movie because of King's penchant for much more literal, specific horror. In Kubrick's film, the evil is somewhat nebulous and there's no one character that really functions as a reliable narrator, so the whole story takes place in its own universe away from established storytelling conventions. In the book, though, King goes out of his way to constantly remind you that the hotel itself is the malevolent entity and the "villain" of the story. Because of the popularity of the Kubrick movie, most people assume the original novel is supposed to be read with Jack as the villain, and when the TV movie was made, that's the route they took and it just doesn't quite work without the changes Kubrick made to the story.

I used to really, really like Stephen King and I think he wrote some brilliant books (not brilliant in the literary sense but just damn good stories with superb characters), but man did he take some weird turns. You know, his next book is a "sequel" to The Shining where Danny is an adult who uses his powers to help dying people.
*sigh*

I always thought the hotel was "off" and the manager's window was impossible. It's obviously not a mistake, no, and it's been engineered to create an eerie effect.

yay, the Collative Learning guy! he always offers a weird, detail-obsessed perspective on things and I appreciate his particular quirkiness

Yeah, go watch his other stuff. A few years back, his Clockwork Orange review had to be redone for some reason and the rumor mill went nuts.

Adderall is a hell of a drug.

Needs OWS tag.

I can't believe I'm saying this but the guy who made this video missed the most obvious detail. The outside of the Overlook Hotel is Timberline Lodge in Oregon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timberline_Lodge). The inside of the Overlook Hotel is the Ahwahnee Hotel in California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahwahnee_Hotel). Because of the shape of the lodges and roof, there's no way the interior rooms can fit in the exterior building. The outside of the Overlook is too small for the inside and roof is steeply sloping for alpine conditions while the supposed inside has tall rectangular rooms that wouldn't fit in the triangular building.

Mr buddy watch part 2

He made a part two after reading my comment? This guy's fast.

I once had like a thirty minute conversation with Malcolm McDowell.

He laughed and cringed when I asked him about Kubrick. I will never forget him going "take after take after take oh my gawd".

Occam said that, all explanatory value being equal, test first the hypothesis that uses the fewest unevidenced assumptions that still need to be tested.

He had jack-squat to say about nutty directors we have tons of stories about.

The burning question: a case of Sperg or Derp?