THE DIRECTORS SERIES

THE SHINING’s Overlook Hotel is one of the most analyzed locations in cinema. But most people focus on what happens inside it… and not on the fact that it physically cannot exist.

Stanley Kubrick and his team designed a hotel whose corridors loop back on themselves, where windows appear where walls should be, and geography changes from scene to scene without explanation.

This clip from our feature-length breakdown of Stanley Kubrick’s filmography breaks down exactly why this terrifying space defies logic… and drives a horror like none other.

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