"It's just the sort of thing you do a hundred times with a child" -- Shelley Duvall in The Shining

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  • čas přidán 17. 02. 2021
  • Wendy explains to her son's doctor how her husband, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson, not present in this scene), had in the past "accidentally" dislocated their son's shoulder. Stephen King reportedly said Duvall was not what he had in mind as Wendy Torrance, but that's moot when you're open to what Duvall (and, grudgingly, admittedly director Stanley Kubrick) create with the character. In this scene, here is the Wendy who manages to convince herself for so long that her husband is not a bad guy.

Komentáře • 96

  • @amandalamb5724
    @amandalamb5724 Před 23 dny +23

    Rumor has it that cigarette is still burning.

  • @dirtylanedane5925
    @dirtylanedane5925 Před 21 dnem +20

    Rest in peace shelley duvall!!!

  • @TheTrueNarthumpulous
    @TheTrueNarthumpulous Před rokem +50

    One of the most important scenes in the movie. This is the revelation of Wendy's psychological profile. A neurotic, scared, naive, mentally and emotionally beat down woman in denial.

  • @ManuelGuzman067
    @ManuelGuzman067 Před 23 dny +15

    Beautiful talented Iconic Actress RIP SD 🌹

  • @hjalmar.poelzig
    @hjalmar.poelzig Před 2 lety +68

    This is a terrific, revealing scene. Duvall's performance says a lot with a little.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +5

      Yep, forlorn, hopeful, doubting-- and she's funny, without jettisoning the horror to come

  • @fnafalie3664
    @fnafalie3664 Před 23 dny +13

    we will miss you shelley duvall.

  • @josephalcala1689
    @josephalcala1689 Před 18 dny +7

    An autobiography movie should be made with Mia Goth as Shelley

  • @rjg7112
    @rjg7112 Před 6 dny +1

    Best movie mom ever. Only Danny, unlike adults around him, see his father was beyond redemption.

  • @Channel-ew9dr
    @Channel-ew9dr Před 16 dny +4

    Shelley's Wendy is so strikingly different to Stephen King's, which he famously didn't like. But somehow she manages to be more disturbingly naive, sympathetic and vulnerable. You feel for her from the very first moment you see her. In the book (which I love by the way), Wendy reacts as every other woman would react in those circumstances. The movie's Wendy feels so out of her world that you almost laugh at her - then you remember what she's going through and feel guilty for finding it funny. So powerful. Plus, a viewer spends a good amount of time wondering how the hell movie Jack and Wendy ended up together, how this marriage even works. It just adds to the mystery, the inexplicable that Kubrick so loved and used in his movies.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 15 dny

      So true about what Shelley brings to Wendy. As for what brought Wendy and Jack together-- I'd say dial it back a few years, pre-abuse, they both probably came across very differently then

  • @dinorivera9153
    @dinorivera9153 Před 2 lety +69

    The look on the doctors face after Wendy tells her about the dislocated shoulder incident cracks me up everytime!

  • @cherryywavesz
    @cherryywavesz Před 2 lety +48

    Shelley is so sweet 😭 i love her

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +4

      Oh, i knowwww....!! Don't miss my Shelley playlist, still very much in progress, though! czcams.com/play/PLnZawTGRehPtYzXJNVerDOPsCSyqIweaw.html

    • @nazeirsvibingandstuff769
      @nazeirsvibingandstuff769 Před 2 lety +1

      Until she's not well we all miss her but see her not well hurts us all

    • @rickyvalentine5779
      @rickyvalentine5779 Před 2 lety

      It hurts me didn't age well whatever happened to her stress I suppose I loved her in this movie and more of Brewster McCloud

    • @nazeirsvibingandstuff769
      @nazeirsvibingandstuff769 Před 2 lety

      @@rickyvalentine5779 yeah me too hurt me too and i do like her role in the shining and I don't care what they think

  • @NathanAlexander_Love
    @NathanAlexander_Love Před 3 lety +52

    Shelley Duvall has a unique beauty. I loved her in 3 Women and Thieves Like Us.

  • @user-pc1oi2pg6m
    @user-pc1oi2pg6m Před 6 měsíci +14

    I always loved how realistic this scene was portrayed. Most abusers promise to be better after doing so many terrible things to their loved ones. This makes it incredibly complicated, particularly for women who have undergone verbal, physical, or in Wendy's case, witnessed abuse. And they'll try to brush it off like it's no big deal in front of other people because they really do think it's no big deal. I know Wendy was more angry and strong willed in the novel but I think they took a more sadly realistic approach

  • @michaelgoofay
    @michaelgoofay Před 28 dny +6

    She has such a nice voice..

  • @MarcoBoneMan
    @MarcoBoneMan Před rokem +14

    She really was so beautiful

  • @AndyB1286
    @AndyB1286 Před 2 lety +30

    Great acting by Shelley. A beautiful woman who I believe still has many strong days ahead of her, despite the recent Dr. Phil controversy.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +4

      I agree, she's great-- in this scene, showing Wendy's nervousness causing her to say a little more than she means to, surprising herself at what she's saying, trying to conceal her own dismay from the doctor, continuously saying a little more, hearing how false her denial about her husband's abuse has been now that she's talking about it out loud.
      I kind of think of the Dr. Phil controversy as no longer "recent" -- it's been five years-- I haven't seen it myself, but whatever else, it sounds like she trusted him too much with what she was saying

    • @AndyB1286
      @AndyB1286 Před 2 lety +2

      @@DavidGibson154 Yep, excellent acting. And it was a few years ago. But have we seen anything of Shelley more recently than that? She hasn’t really given any other interviews, at least not on camera, right?

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety

      @@AndyB1286 I'm in a Facebook group, the Shelley Duvall Fan Club, which reports from someone who stays in touch with her, sees her occasionally, posts recent pictures. She also lives on a farm/ranch near Austin, Texas, so there occasionally are local mentions

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety

      @@AndyB1286 Most recent post and pic featuring a grinning Shelley (with mask around her chin, so you know it authenticates the pic within the last 18 months) on the fan club site is from June 2021. There's also this feature from February 2021:
      www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/searching-for-shelley-duvall-the-reclusive-icon-on-fleeing-hollywood-and-the-scars-of-making-the-shining-4130256/

    • @leewitten4758
      @leewitten4758 Před rokem +1

      Her treatment at the hands of that quack turned me off of Dr. Phil forever.

  • @chrismitsos6817
    @chrismitsos6817 Před 2 lety +27

    How was she nominated for a razzie in this role? Baffling

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +7

      I agree. But at the time, she was so offbeat. Her most successful roles had been as social outsiders Millie Lammoreaux in 3 Women and as Keechie Thieves Like Us. Wendy was relatively "normal".

  • @adamsoladev3421
    @adamsoladev3421 Před rokem +5

    She is extremely beautiful

  • @planesteve
    @planesteve Před rokem +5

    Wow Shelley is so pretty.

  • @bengoode1384
    @bengoode1384 Před rokem +4

    Abusive father and husband. She shows the signs of an abused wife

  • @leobewley375
    @leobewley375 Před 26 dny

    Such an incredible scene

  • @sarlukowski
    @sarlukowski Před 3 lety +17

    Thanks for sharing! That ash though 🚬

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 3 lety +3

      Sometimes Shelley smoked as much in movies as Bette Davis! Or Jane Fonda as Lillian Hellman: czcams.com/video/wI682PMJGuY/video.html

  • @angellopes9353
    @angellopes9353 Před rokem +2

    Surely couldn't believe she was also Olive Oyl and that host from Fairie Tales show - watched both as a kid and only now, I knew it was her lol

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před rokem +1

      She's wondeful! Popeye a d The Shining came out in the same year, 1980...

    • @angellopes9353
      @angellopes9353 Před rokem

      @@DavidGibson154 Oh yeah, I agree with you! I say that I loved even her acting with Sissy in 3 women. They were awesome!! 👍

  • @jimmyo1123
    @jimmyo1123 Před 3 lety +4

    Shelleys great!!👌🏾👌🏾

  • @ItzOZZA
    @ItzOZZA Před 8 měsíci +2

    This scene shows how horrible Jack Torrance is, how he’s a nasty and temperamental alcoholic.

  • @ManuelGuzman067
    @ManuelGuzman067 Před 3 lety +6

    Believe the lady with shelly played sharon newman mom on Young and restless back in the day

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 3 lety +2

      Oh, I used to watch Y & R!

    • @shiwooify
      @shiwooify Před 3 lety +2

      This is Anne Jackson, who was married to actor Eli Wallach.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 3 lety

      @@shiwooify I should have recognized her-- she's in this scene from Nasty Habits (1977):
      czcams.com/video/lPVLps4PN2c/video.html

    • @shiwooify
      @shiwooify Před 3 lety

      @@DavidGibson154 yep! that's her!

    • @jimmyo1123
      @jimmyo1123 Před 3 lety

      Karen hensel played sharons mother on ynr

  • @ivankaramasov
    @ivankaramasov Před 3 lety +8

    This scene is not in the version of the film I have seen. I have seen the Shining at least 12 times and never seen this scene before.

    • @ivankaramasov
      @ivankaramasov Před 3 lety +2

      I realize I have only seen the European version which is half an hour shorter and judging by this scene which feels extraneous, the better version.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 3 lety +5

      @@ivankaramasov maybe-- but I love extraneous scenes that add texture and flavor. And they also increase the dreamlike, getting-lost-in-another-world quality of film

    • @girliboi
      @girliboi Před 2 lety +3

      admittedly, there might be parts of 'the shining' i'd cut, but this isn't one of them..

    • @iCyclone
      @iCyclone Před 23 dny +1

      ​@@ivankaramasovInteresting. I disagree. For me the scene is fascinating-- well acted and enriching the characters' backstories. I've only known the film *with* this scene.

  • @chaoticgentle
    @chaoticgentle Před rokem +1

    Where is this scene in the movie i have never seen it?

    • @aamanpour3630
      @aamanpour3630 Před 16 dny

      I am wondering the same!!! I've seen the film twice and have NO recollection of it. Am I nuts lol?

  • @fortheloveofnicky6893
    @fortheloveofnicky6893 Před 3 lety +7

    Poor Wendy

  • @RM-306
    @RM-306 Před 2 lety +1

    Man writes fantasy horror about his abusive crazy wife.... The Shinning

  • @britneyaaronpeter
    @britneyaaronpeter Před 2 lety +3

    Virginia Slims are a fitting cigarette for Mrs. Torrence. ❤️

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety

      Lol! Is that what they are? Also fitting for Shelley as Millie Lammoreaux, but I'm not sure that's what these are: czcams.com/video/Gbl_jqfmBEk/video.html

    • @britneyaaronpeter
      @britneyaaronpeter Před 2 lety +1

      @@DavidGibson154 I can’t quite tell because of the resolution of the video but I think those are Virginia Slims too, I think I can see the red stripe on the side of the pack. Methinks Shelley smoked them at the time and therefore so did the characters she played. :) Now she smokes Parliaments apparently, lol.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +1

      @@britneyaaronpeter There's a fan club on Facebook with a guy who's friends with Shelley and sees her sometimes! Would you like the link?

    • @britneyaaronpeter
      @britneyaaronpeter Před 2 lety

      @@DavidGibson154 Sure! :)

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety

      @@britneyaaronpeter Here it is--
      facebook.com/groups/186579961365570
      I feel a little weird, idk why, posting it publicly on CZcams, although it's a public group on Facebook! I may edit this reply and remove the link once you join

  • @karendegraaf1146
    @karendegraaf1146 Před 2 lety

    Can't hear it

  • @gerriepieters9033
    @gerriepieters9033 Před 3 lety +4

    This is not in the film

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 3 lety

      Do you mean, it wasn't in the theatrical release? -- I don't remember...

    • @ofemwa
      @ofemwa Před 3 lety +6

      yes, it most certainly was.

    • @freakyflutist1548
      @freakyflutist1548 Před 3 lety +4

      It isnt part of the UK cut

    • @shiwooify
      @shiwooify Před 3 lety +3

      Yes it most certainly is

  • @claymac7895
    @claymac7895 Před 2 lety +6

    The people that argue that this film isn’t about child abuse both physical and sexual are willfully blind.

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety +3

      It's certainly about abuse, I'd have to watch again for the part about it being sexual. The idea of the creepy rich cabal though is one Kubrick would return to with Eyes Wide Shut, and that was certainly sexual exploitation, by the elite. Kubrick may have held back and not wanted to make Eyes Wide Shut about child exploitation, although the scenario feels very Jeffrey-Epstein-y.

  • @rickyvalentine5779
    @rickyvalentine5779 Před 2 lety +1

    I think this is why she age well and got smoking and stress and anxiety possibly Bullied to innocent actress that young and gorgeous until this day she was younger in Brewster McCloud more attractive

    • @DavidGibson154
      @DavidGibson154  Před 2 lety

      Yes, it was a grueling role under any circumstances, she didn't need Kubrick's bullying on top of it! And she is so good in this quiet scene, Wendy trying to believe her own explanation about how Jack broke their son's arm-- I don't think Shelley needed any bullying to give the great performance she gave.

  • @juan90s81
    @juan90s81 Před 2 lety

    I'm sad. I'm suicidal. I wrote a suicide note because I'm gonna commit suicide soon. This hurts me. #bekind