The Shining (1980) ft. Polly Schattel: The Long Shadow of Trauma
Filmmaker and author Polly Schattel joins Beth and Michelle to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a film she has studied since first seeing it in a theater as a child. Together, they explore the Overlook Hotel’s visual clues, unsettling sound design, supernatural mysteries, and the many interpretations that have kept audiences returning to the film for decades.
The conversation moves beyond ghosts and conspiracy theories to the trauma at the center of the Torrance family. Beth and Michelle share why Jack’s abuse has always frightened them more than anything hiding in Room 237, while Polly…
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