“You must read this book. And then watch The Shining again the second you put the book down. And I don’t care if you’ve seen it 50 times, you will never see it the same way again. It’s going to change everything.” — Alleged excerpt from Steven Spielberg‘s forward to Taschen’s limited-edition tribute book about Stanley Kubrick‘s landmark horror film.
An intriguing prospect, I’ll admit, but given how much I know about The Shining and considering my having seen it at least 20 times and contemplated it sixteen or seventeen ways from Sunday over the last 40 years, I’m not sure I’d buy this book if it cost $150. I might lay my money down if it was sale-priced at $15.00 or thereabouts, but $1500 dollars?
HE is hereby offering to tap out a paywalled 1500-word piece about the innards ands gizzards of The Shining, and the cost will only be…uhm, $100. Okay, $75. I don’t know what I’ll say but I can probably cook something up.
