The Shining Movie Meaning

The Shining, a film produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year of 1980, is a classic horror movie about a family isolated in a haunted hotel for the winter. However, Bill Blakemore, a journalist, has written an article that claims that the film has much more meaning to it than just a man gone mad in a sinister hotel filled with dark entities. The article “The Family Of Man” written by Bill Blakemore, could make it seem as if it is almost an entirely new film. However, the movie is no more than what it portrays, and Blakemore’s argument is a major stretch. He is trying too hard to make it of something it’s not. His overthought ideas that consist of baking powder cans and white supremacy are in no real correlation to The Shining. The Indian massacres
This, however, is a statement that can be agreed with and can easily tie into the storyline. Blakemore has attempted to involve much more meaning to The Overlook rather than just an Indian themed hotel. Although most hotels typically tend to have themes, the Overlook’s just happens to be Native American themed. This does most likely tie into the fact that it was built on an Indian burial ground, but this doesn’t matter. Not everything has to have secret meaning behind it. Bill Blakemore also points out the fact that there is no actual Native American spirits in the movie, but of course there is none because that’s not what the movie is about. The Shining isn’t about Native Americans at all, and if it was there would be much more of a focus on it rather than just decorations and furniture. The reason that Kubrick brings into the movie that the Overlook Hotel was built on an Indian burial ground was to give off a hint that something dark and evil was present. Building on Native American burial grounds is considered to be extremely bad luck. Not only does this take away from Blakemore’s thesis, but Blakemore also contradicts himself. If there are no Indians in the movie, then why make an entire article about why the movie is about