3. The Shining (The Death Of Native America)
Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining – a live action take on Stephen King‘s novel of the same name – is a complex enough film to understand to begin with, without factoring in potential hidden meanings. But the fact is that there are said to be several hidden meanings – the most prominent of which is that it represents the murder of the native American race.
Look at some of the evidence; the hotel in the movie is built on an Indian burial ground and is called the “Overlook” – emphasizing America’s ability to overlook the aforementioned genocide. There is Indian artwork and decor throughout the hotel and one of the key scenes takes place at the July 4th Ball – a date with particular relevance to American Indians – and yet, in spite of this, there are no Indians in the film at all. The only man to die in the movie, apart from Jack Torrance, is a black man (perhaps reflective of more modern racism in America) and he dies sprawled across a large Indian design on the floor.
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