kipcarson37 t1_iu388t0 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:49 AM

I don't think there are any tbh. The story is what it is. Same with The Shining (all his films actually).

lymeguy OP t1_iu38vcj wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:56 AM

The stories aren't totally straight forward though, including when Kubrick has commented on them too.

kipcarson37 t1_iu3bq0y wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:33 AM

Do you have a link to him saying that? I don't remember/haven't encountered him saying anything like that. I've watched all the behind the scenes documentaries/ commentary tracks for all his films And I took a Kubrick class in film school, but it's been a decade since then, so I could be wrong.

To me, the Shining is about a family moving in a haunted house where the father had a past life. He's drawn in my the ghosts and evil in the house, exacerbated by his alcoholism. He tries to murder his family and fails.

2001 is about humanity and how it grows and evolves and told from the dawn of mankind through to the distant future.

lymeguy OP t1_iu3cba5 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:41 AM

Yeah I came across this today actually on youtube. He gives brief comments on the ending of 2001-

https://youtube.com/shorts/SmNp7X7KxqM?feature=share

Also this one on the Shining- https://youtu.be/t7OJmEZIXcc

Also there's a youtuber who guys by Collative Learning who does some interesting deep dives into The Shining and other films including 2001. A channel that got me looking at these films a bit deeper probably.

Dottsterisk t1_iu3xlnq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:28 AM

Agreed. I like Kubrick, but never bought into the mythologizing.