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Stanley Kubrick's Influence on the 2005 film "Capote"

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Mandy21:
Did you notice that Capote, being the attention whore that he was, made sure he was the center of attention, not just at the small, backwoods-type parties held in Holcomb, Kansas, but at the biggest of New York soirees as well?  Even at Harper Lee's huge party for the film premiere of "To Kill A Mockingbird", Capote, sitting against the wall at the bar, alone, downing drink after drink, with his head almost falling into his glass, STILL managed to stick out like a sore thumb amongst the throngs of jubilant party guests with his "woe is me" demeanor.

TOoP/Bruce:

--- Quote from: Mandy21 on April 03, 2012, 03:58:20 pm ---Did you notice that Capote, being the attention whore that he was, made sure he was the center of attention, not just at the small, backwoods-type parties held in Holcomb, Kansas, but at the biggest of New York soirees as well?  Even at Harper Lee's huge party for the film premiere of "To Kill A Mockingbird", Capote, sitting against the wall at the bar, alone, downing drink after drink, with his head almost falling into his glass, STILL managed to stick out like a sore thumb amongst the throngs of jubilant party guests with his "woe is me" demeanor.

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By all accounts, that was Capote.   :)

(I forget if the movie makes mention of the fact that in "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee based the character Charles Baker "Dill" Harris on her childhood friend Truman Capote?)

Front-Ranger:
I actually visited Room 237 of the Stanley Hotel where Stephen King stayed in Estes Park, Colorado. I was on a tour getting ready for the 2007 Brokeback BBQ. I was told that King did not actually write the novel while staying at the hotel, but that's where he got the inspiration for it.

Mandy21:
Bruce, having so recently seen it, I can tell you that Harper does not mention that to Truman in the film.

Lee, the great majority (if not all?) of the interior scenes of "The Shining" actually took place in a studio in England, according to the special features, and to IMDB:

Filming locations for The Shining (1980)
 
Colorado, USA

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA (opening scenes: aerial shots)

Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA (opening scenes: aerial shots)

Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA (Overlook Hotel exterior)

Yosemite National Park, California, USA

TOoP/Bruce:
"Capote" has an underlying theme of shaping reality to make a better story, blurring reality and fiction.

"The Shining" has an unsettling, underlying theme of television silently shaping and distorting our lives, also blurring reality and fiction.  (Consider these lines: "Women. Can't live with them, can't live without them," [Danny Torrance:] "Don't worry, Mom. I know all about cannibalism. I saw it on TV," [Jack Torrance:] "See, it's OK. He saw it on the television," "Honey, I'm home," "Heeere's Johnny!" -- all relating directly to television, and subverting its banal cliches.)

Both scripts are crafted to be highly ambiguous regarding peoples motives.

Neither film is meant to provide easy answers.

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