Opening The Eye of Harmony

The New Doctor -- 

He's So Young. Hm.

Fascinating. See that? 

That's the retinal structure of The Human Eye! 

The Doctor is Half-Human! No Wonder....!

The Shining (1980) - Jack Enters into Room 237

" The opening sound is from the great funeral mass, Dies Irae, which is the day of judgment, which announces, "This is going to be a funeral. 

"This is going to be about 

A Judgment on The Human Race." 

It's about The Past. 

But I think I remembered that my impression from the opening scene in which that astonishing helicopter shot gives you a totally creepy feeling. You're looking at great, beautiful nature, but you know you're following something. You're, like, flying along on top of this little, tiny, insignificant car. 

It's the ultimate point of view shot without telling you who the point of view is. 

If you want to stop and think about it, you think, 'This is a helicopter shot" 

But for the general audience, all you know is that you are like a ghost. 

You are like an angel. 

You are like something that flies with supernatural abilities across the landscape of the planet. 

And the soundtrack had that skittering... I can't imitate it... but that skittering music that sounded to me... and I was conscious of this the first time I saw the movie... like the thousands of voices from The Past. 

"The Cloud of Witness," as the phrase is in... Dorothy Sayers uses it as the title for some story. The Cloud of Witness, all the ghosts from The Past; And I didn't know. 

Were these the voices of the many crowds of aliens or of ghosts or... 

I didn't know what. 

But already that skittering, high music with that follow shot across the lake and then across the car itself, it was the ultimate in spooky because you had the feeling this car is being followed and it doesn't know it, and we're following it. 

I mean, I could go on for a long time about the symbolism of that with regard to what The Shining really is. 

And The Shining, as we come to understand it, is seeing through all the layers of history and the horrors of history, even autobiographically in that scene where Grady and Jack talk in the blood-red men's room and Grady says, 

"Your Son has a very great talent. 

I don't think you realise 

how great it is. 

He's a very willful boy." 

And Jack says, 

"Yes, he is...

A very willful boy.”

“Did you know, 

Mr. Torrance, 

that Your Son 

is attempting to bring 

An Outside Party 

into this situation?” 

That's Kubrick. 

What he's trying to do is bring The Audience and Humanity into this situation. 

In this movie, he is trying to get through to us all... the human race in the movie theaters watching this... that we are doing these things but don't see it, that we are committing these horrendous things over and over again and then forgetting them... which is... of course, he represents many, many times in the movie... by having characters seem to know something and then not know it and forget it. 

You, uh, chopped your wife and daughter up into little bits. I don't have any recollection of that at all. 

That's like The Human Race. 

We commit atrocities and then forget it.

He's planning to 

TAKE My Body --

so that He will Live 

and I will Die! 

Oh, no! No!!

He has opened 

The Eye of Harmony.

The power source at 

The Heart of The TARDIS.

The TARDIS is My Ship, 

it carries me through Time and Space. 

T-A-R-D-I-S. 

It stands for 

Time and Relative 

Dimension In Space.

He wasn't Dead. It's A Trap. 

Don't you see? It's A Trap. 

He wants me to look into the Eye. 

If I look into The Eye of Harmony, My Soul will be Destroyed 

and He will take My Body!

If The Eye of Harmony isn't closed, 

This Planet will be sucked THROUGH it! 

Grace, I need to fix the timing mechanism 

on The TARDIS and close The Eye. 

I need an atomic clock. 

Grace, please, help me find one.

The Eye of Harmony is Open. 

If I don't close it, 

get My TARDIS

and The Master 

off This Planet, 

This PLANET 

will no longer EXIST!

Grace, we have until midnight.

I shall prove that 

The Eye of Harmony is open. 

Look at this —

You see? Already the molecular structure of The Planet is changing.

At first in subtle ways, but soon in catastrophic ways.

By midnight tonight, 

This Planet will be pulled inside out.

(It is now 9 P.M.)

There will be nothing left.

Under-Standing

Well, This is 

How The World Works.

All Energy flows 

according

to the whims of 

The Great Magnet.

What a fool I was 

to defy Him.

I was going back to Vegas.

I had no choice.

I had to get rid of the Shark.

Too many people might recognize it,

especially the Vegas police.

Luckily, my credit card

was still technically valid.

Now this was a superior machine.

Ten grand worth of gimmicks

and high-priced special effects.

The rear windows leapt up with a touch

like frogs in a dynamite pond.

The dashboard was full of esoteric

lights and dials and meters …

that I would never understand.

If the pigs were gathering in Vegas …

I felt the drug culture

should be represented as well.

And there was a certain bent appeal

in the notion of running a savage burn …

on one Las Vegas hotel …

and then just wheeling across town

and checking into another.

Me and a thousand ranking cops

from all over America.

Why not move confidently

into their midst?

Welcome to the Flamingo Hotel, sir.

Sir?

Yeah, hi. Right. Okay.

Let me stay in your arms

I'm addicted to your charms

You're gettin' to be a habit with me

I used to think your love

was something that I

Could take

- Or leave alone

- My arrival was badly timed.

But now I couldn't do

without my supply

I need you for my own

This here model is one

that we had to use …

when we took on them little peckerheads

down there at Kent State.

This baby here -

I'm a police chief from Michigan.

Look, fella, I have explained to you.

I have this postcard which says that

I have a reservation in this hotel.

I'm very sorry, sir,

but you're on the late list.

- So your reservation has been

transferred to … - It's okay.

The … Moonlight Motel …

which is just out

on Paradise Boulevard.

We've already paid

for our goddamn room!

It's actually a very fine place of lodging,

and it's only 16 blocks from here.

It has a pool, sauna, steam.

You listen to me,

you filthy little faggot!

I want a manager

down here now! Now!

Because I'm sick of listening

to your dog shit!

I am … very sorry, sir.

- Get off of me! Get away from me!

- Can I call you a cab?

Sure, and I'll call you a cocksucker!

Of course, I could hear what

the clerk was really saying.

Listen, you fuzzy little shithead!

I've been fucked around in my time

by a fairly good cross section

of mean-tempered, rule-crazy cops

and now — it's My Turn.

So fuck you, Officer:

I'm in Charge.

Hey, listen, I really hate to interrupt

but I wonder if I could slide on through and get out of your way.

The Name is ‘Raoul Duke’. 

I think my attorney made the reservations.

Duke, Raoul.

Certainly, sir.

My bags - My bags are out there

in that white Cadillac convertible there.

Maybe somebody could

bring it to the room for me.

Oh, yeah, uh, let me get

a quart of Wild Turkey …

two-fifths of Bacardi …

some ice for the room, and let's see

You just calm down!

Shit, let's try some lime chunks.

What do you think?

I Say okay.

You don't worry about a thing.

Now, calm down.

You don't hesitate to call me - Sven.

All right, Sven.

Thank you very much.

- You - You -

- I know, I know, I know.

It's hideous. You're gonna

be fine, though. You're doing well.

I'll see you later.

Wait. Don't touch it.

Good night. Pardon me. 

Bye, Sven.

Look what you did!

Look what you did!

Goddamn you, we wouldn't stay

in this hotel if you begged us!

Magic Moments

When two hearts are caring

Magic moments

Memories we've been sharing

Home, sweet home.

What kind of sick shit -

Oh, shit!

Shit. What the fuck?

Stop, stop, stop.

She's biting my leg off!

You degenerate pig. Please!

Can't be helped.

My fucking leg!

That's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."

Lucy, be cool, goddamn it.

Remember what happened

at the airport, okay? Come on.

No more of that, okay?

That's my client, Lucy.

That's Mr. Duke, the famous journalist.

He's paying for this suite, Lucy.

The Hole

This guy's walking down the street 

when He Falls in A Hole — 

The Walls are so steep, he can't get out.

A Doctor passes by and the guy shouts up,

'Hey you. Can you help me out?' 

The Doctor writes a prescription, 

throws it down in The Hole and moves on.

Then A Priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 

'Father, I'm down in This Hole can you help me out?' 

The Priest writes out a prayer, 

throws it down in the hole and moves on.

Then A Friend walks by, 

'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' 

And The Friend jumps in The Hole. 

Our guy says,

'Are you STUPID!?

Now we're BOTH down here!

And His Friend says,

'Yeah, but I've been Down Here before,

and I know The Way Out.'

Archangel MIKE :

?…..is it Future

or is it Past….?

Cooper gives him a blank look

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

Cooper, The Zen Buddhist 

gives him another blank look.

Archangel MIKE :

I am The ARM —

and I Sound Like THIS :

• INDIAN WAR-WARBLING •

Agent Cooper :

Where is The Ring?

Archangel MIKE :

Someone Else has it, now.

Agent Cooper :

Where am I….?

…..and How Can I Leave?

Archangel MIKE :

Go Home!

Ben takes The Doctor's ring from Polly.

BEN: 

Now look — 

The Doctor always wore this. 

So if YOU’RE him, 

it should fit NOW, shouldn't it? 

And slips it on the man's finger. 

It's far too big.

BEN: 

There. That settles it. 

The Cosmic Hobo : 

I'd like to see A Butterfly fit into 

a chrysalis case after it's 

spread its wings. 

POLLY: 

Then you DID change! 

The Cosmic Hobo : 

Life depends on Change… Renewal. 

BEN: 

Oh, so THAT’S it — 

You've been ‘renewed’, have you? 

The Cosmic Hobo : 

I've been renewed, have I? 

That's it — I've been RENEWED!

It's Part of The TARDIS. 

Without it, I couldn't Survive. 

Dante went on to marry, and he and Signora Alighieri raised three children. 

Then, suddenly, at the midpoint of his life, he fell into a deep depression. 

His epic poem, Divine Comedy, begins by saying that he was walking along in the afternoon of his life and fell into a deep hole. 

No one has described the midlife crisis any better — You’re going along, things pretty well in hand, and suddenly you fall into A Hole. 

Dante finds himself in the Underworld, and above the portal into what turns out to be Hell is a sign, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.” 

Dante proceeds, and encounters Virgil, the poet from ancient Greece, Heaven-sent to guide him through the nine levels of Hell, which is a spiral downward, each level worse than the pre- vious one. In his writing, Dante peoples Hell with his own acquaintances— even a cardinal or two — which got him into trouble. 

Our present idea of Hell comes in part from Dante’s description. Virgil represents The Intellect. The guide for the first part of your inward journey is Your Intellect, the masculine traits of intelligence, proportion, and good sense. 

The lowest level of Hell is The Worst. It is FROZEN. 

To reach the coldness of life — Loneliness and Meaninglessness — is the worst experience a human being goes through, worse than the fiery aspects of Hell. Under the guidance of Virgil, Dante gets to the bottom of Hell and just keeps going. 

You don’t come out of Hell through The door you entered. You go through it and out the other side. On the other side of Hell lies Heaven.

Dante and Virgil are in the middle of the world, which is where the Devil lives. And Dante gets through that nodal point, the point of zero gravity at The Center of The World, by shimmying down the hairy leg of The Devil, and finds himself in Purgatory. 

Hell lays out what’s wrong — the hellish dimensions of life — and Purgatory begins The Repair, what you need in order to be restored. You need to be treated. The verb to treat comes from the Latin tmctus, front tractre, “ to pull or drag.” 

The earliest therapists had a series of stones with increasingly smaller holes in them, and you were literally pulled through — the biggest one first, a smaller one next, until you couldn’t be pulled through any more. You came out of this experience minus a bit of skin, but you were treated. 

Dante is pulled through a hole from the center of the world and begins his ascent through Purgatory, its many levels and teachings. 

UnLike The Book

“Cinema is a Machine for 

Building Empathy.”

— Roger Ebert.

 

 

“I'm Not Saying 

‘We Didn't Go to The Moon’. 

I'm just Saying that 

‘What We Saw was Faked.’ 

and that 

‘It was Faked 

by Stanley Kubrick.’

And I've had Hollywood special effects people from the '60s and '70s 

who were front-screen projection experts tell me that I absolutely have nailed the Apollo footage as being the result of front-screen projection.

Just go to any Apollo site 

and Look, and You'll See that 

They have to hide 

The Bottom of The Screen. 

And you can always see the set/screen separation line 

in every Apollo footage, every Apollo image, 

and the video footage that has a background. 

And Richard Hoagland, the researcher, 

has looked into the Apollo imagery. 

And he has found all sorts of problems with it because in the sky around the astronauts, he's found reflecting lights and refracting things and... kind of a junk and geometry of things that are in the sky. 

And he concluded, wrongly, 

that there are gigantic alien cities 

made out of glass. 

What he's really seeing 

is the reflections of light of the tiny beads on the scotch light screen which is being used in the front-screen projection process. 

And so, once I nailed the front-screen projection process inside the Apollo footage, 

then I became interested in seeing if Kubrick left any clues in the rest of his career to his possible involvement in faking the Apollo moon footage. 

And I was overjoyed about two years ago when I received my Blu-Ray copy of The Shining. 

And I put it in my Blu-Ray machine 

and sat down one night to watch it. 

And I realised that all of the things that one could imagine that Stanley Kubrick would have had to go through to fake the Apollo moon footage... 

and there in the movie,

 every time that Stanley deviated from the Stephen King novel, 

he deviated into those exact questions. 

You know, what was it like to 

Make a Deal with The U.S. Government? 

What was it like to 

accidentally tell someone 

what you were doing 

and to watch them 

possibly have to suffer the consequences 

of your lack of integrity? 

 

What was it like to 

Lie to Your Wife 

and tell her that you were 

Doing One Thing 

when you were 

Doing Another? 

 

What was it like when 

Your Wife found out 

What You were really Doing? 

 

These are the questions that I had long before I had seen The Shining again after a maybe an eight... or nine-year absence. 

And I didn't... wasn't sure I was right for the first hour. 

I wasn't sure that I had actually... 

you know, I wasn't sure if I was 

blurring the line between 

What I wanted to see 

and what I was seeing. 

And then at about 58 minutes in the film 

is the famous scene where Danny's playing with his trucks, and he stands up and he's wearing the Apollo 11 sweater with the rocket taking off. 

Then I knew I'd nabbed it. 

And then I started watching the film with an intensity that I don't think I'd ever watched a movie before, 

and every line began ringing true. You know, 

"Wendy, that is just so typical of you. 

"Don't you... Don't you know 

I have obligations to My Employers?"

"Do you have any idea what a contract is?"

Do you know what an agreement is?" 

 

Jack Nicholson's whole tirade 

against His Wife... that's Stanley. 

 

That's Stanley telling His Wife that 

after she discovered what he was doing, 

which was the Apollo footage. 

 

No, that's actually Not True. 

If you call the Mount Hood Resort 

and you ask for room 217 you will find 

there is no such room. 

 

So that's just Not True. 

That statement's Not True. 

And so what... 

 

Stanley was Lying. 

Its not The Reason that he changed 

the room number from 217 to 237. 

 

The Reason that he changed it from 217 to 237 was because the room, room 237 in the film is... 

represents the Moon Landing Stage where he worked. 

 

And The Moon, the standard science textbook said... 

and they still say... but now with lasers, 

we've gotten a little better reading. But... 

Is that the mean distance of The Moon from The Earth

is exactly 237,000 miles. 

 

So he changed that so that 

you would understand 

that this was The Moon Room. 

 

So Danny stands up. He's got the Apollo 11 sweater on. 

He begins walking down the hallway towards Room 237. 

And there's A Key in The Lock. 

And on The Key are... 

is the words "ROOM" and then the word "N-o," 

which is an old acronym for "Number." 

 

So "Room Number 237," except that 

the only capital letters on The Key 

are R-O-O-M and then the "N" from the acronym n-o. 

 

And if there's only two words that 

you can come up with that have 

those letters in 'em. 

 

And that's "MOON" and "ROOM." 

And so on The Key, The Tag, it says "MOON ROOM." 

And that is the moon room. 

This is where Everything Happens, and NONE of it's Real. And it ALL has to be lied about. 

And he can't let anyone know what's really going on in room 237. And there's many, many other deviations from the book to the movie. 

It isn't real. 

The deviations drove Stephen King out of his mind. He just ranted and ranted for years how much he hated The Shining. And he hated it because he'd given Kubrick all this great source material and Kubrick threw it out. And the whole idea of this is best exemplified by the scene where Dick Hallorann is driving up the highway, trying to get to the Overlook during a winter storm and he passes a wreck. 

 

And in the wreck, a semi has crashed 

and crushed a red Volkswagen. 

 

And this is a direct message 

from Kubrick to King, because in the novel, 

Jack Torrance's car is a red Volkswagen. 

 

But in the movie, it's a yellow Volkswagen. 

 

And what Kubrick is saying in that scene 

is a big "F you" to Stephen King. 

 

He's saying, 

"This is My Vehicle."

 

"I have wrecked Your Vehicle. 

And everybody in The World can see it.' 

 

And this drove King crazy. 

And it should have. 

 

But what was really going on 

and what is just much more deliciously fascinating 

about all of this is that, in fact, 

Kubrick was faking the making 

of the Stephen King novel 

in order to reveal the idea of 

what he went through 

to do The Apollo Moon Footage. "

My Argument, as far as Kubrick goes, is that 

He was a preternaturally observant child. 

He read omnivorously. 

He went to Movies all the time.