The Games Room: A Novel Interpretation of Stanley Kubrick's Film The Shining (Second Edition)

"THE SHINING" IS A PUZZLE. REALISING THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO SOLVING IT. It was in 1980 that Stanley Kubrick released his iconic adaptation of Stephen King's horror classic The Shining and yet the level of controversy and mystery the film has generated continues to escalate.In The Games Room three fictional people join forces to investigate the facts about the film. They research original documentation held in the director's archive (including the enigmatic scrapbook) , as well as novels, film references, artwork, brand names and other clues they discover in the movie. It is not long before they find themselves caught in a fascinating, psychological labyrinth of interconnecting thematic pathways.What they discover at the core of the maze not only astounds them but also affirms in their minds just why Stanley Kubrick deserves his reputation as such a highly regarded and respected film maker. This second edition of The Games Room published in January 2021 contains an appendix with new evidence supporting the argumentation presented in the first edition which was first published in 2020.