Showing posts with label the shining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the shining. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Week 16: Jack Torrance.



Apparently, we're continuing our trend of villains wielding weapons.

Huzzah!

A favorite movie monster of mine is "Jack Torrance" from Kubrick's 'Shining'. (not the King one with the guy from Wings). He has it all; charisma, menace, a slew of bad choices that lead to a downward spiral, dark humor, comb-over and a snazzy velveteen windbreaker.

The movie and the book are two different beasts, there's a bit of homage to the book in this T.T.T.

Many of the colors did not turn out how I wanted them, but it's an interesting feel. The blues, well....that's another story. I wanted something to add contrast from Jack, after all, he's a man made by his deciscions and 'people' around him.
If you were stuck with Shelly Duvall's "Wendy" for 6 months, wouldn't you contemplate dark deeds? It's a thinker.

So here he is; Jack Torrance in all his glory. Standing over the fallen form of Scatman Crothers howling into the halls of the Overlook hotel:

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnny!! I'm comin' for ya boy!!



* In the book, it was room 217. The Overlook hotel was afraid that no-one would stay in the room after the movie, so Kubrick changed it to room 237. There is no room 237 in the Overlook Hotel.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Week 16 - Casey's Jack Torrance

Maybe it was the recent AV Club feature on "The Overlook" (hello road trip!) or maybe it's just the fact that I've watched this movie more times than I can count, either way this week the inspiration hit for The Shining's very own Jack Torrance. I can only hope I did full justice to his greasy comb-over.