Comments on: Meet the man who showed up to be Jack Nicholson's body double in The Shining -- 57 years early

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:10:00 +0000

Looks a bit like a young Armin Shimerman.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:06:00 +0000

What if we took the unidentified guy from the original picture and shopped him into photos of Nicholson…?

By: Otter

Otter — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:00:00 +0000

By now, someone has already taken Lee’s picture in a tux from the Academy Awards (he directed Toy Story 3) and put him into the picture.

By: icerunner

icerunner — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Ever wondered who’s pulling on Jack’s shoulder in that photo? Perhaps President Woodrow Wilson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M7xVGy2rc_k#t=618s

And some of the other guests: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D8bXCR6Epk

In fact, I’d suggest watching the film analysis from part 1 as the interpretation of the film is really fascinating – that one of Kubrick’s themes in The Shining is a warning about the problems of fiat currency vs. the gold standard.

Also worth a watch from Rob Ager is his spatial analysis of the set design from The Shining.

By: franko

franko — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:22:00 +0000

i’ve always wanted to have a copy of that photo framed and hanging in the living room with other real historical family shots. just to see if anyone notices.

By: Bucket

Bucket — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Little known fact: Most of the people in that picture are actually time-travelers who went to that party just to get into that photo so they could mess with their friend’s heads.

By: Jerril

Jerril — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Yes. That’s why the process is described as “pre-Photoshop” retouching. Ie, airbrushing.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:51:00 +0000

No, he used airbursh. I can tell by the pixels.

By: royaltrux

royaltrux — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:45:00 +0000

Pretty sure Rob didn’t Use Deluxe Paint III.

By: David Pescovitz

David Pescovitz — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Inspired by @chris_carter_:twitter ’s Twitter photo, I asked Rob a few months ago to make me the center of attention!
http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/19211.jpg

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Pretty sure Kubrick didn’t use Photoshop.

EDIT: Oh haha – it USED to say Photoshop. Now I look like a monkey.