COME TOGETHER, RIGHT NOW, OVER ME: A GUIDE TO ALL THE SHINING’S BURIED ART

“Realism is by essence the art of democracy”

~Gustave Courbet


Table of Contents

VISUAL ARTS

Note: I’ve indented all the as-yet-uncertain pieces in the film so you can see at a glance the ratio between what’s for sure and what’s not.


Literature


Film and Television


MUSIC


HISTORICAL REFERENCES

  • Adolf Hitler (Apr. 20, 1889 – Apr. 30, 1945) – referenced subtextually, but innumerably
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (1935, possibly incorrect–there’s a shape seen twice around the Torrance living room that looks like their logo)
  • Carl Yastrzemski (Aug. 22, 1939) – associated with Louisville slugger
  • The Donner Party (May 1846 – February 1847) – mentioned first by Wendy to Jack and Danny
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (Oct. 14, 1890 – Mar. 28, 1969) – the Hal and Charley show mentions an Eisenhower tunnel being closed
  • Jimmy Carter (Oct. 1, 1924)
  • Portland, Maine (1632) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  • Portland, Oregon (1845) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  • Timberline Lodge (1936, Mount Hood, Oregon)
  • Timbuktu (5th Century BC) – mentioned by Jack to Lloyd
  • US Forest Service (Feb. 1, 1905)

TOYS & GAMES


MAIN PAGESITE MAPGLOSSARY


OTHER MAIN PAGES FOR SHINING ANALYSIS

THE MIRRORFORMTHE BEATLESTHE RUM AND THE RED
BACKGROUND ARTOVERLOOK PHOTOGRAPHSGOLDEN SPIRALS
PHI GRIDSPATTERNSVIOLENCE AND INDIGENAABSURDITIES
THE STORY ROOMANIMAL SYMBOLSTHE ANNOTATED SHINING

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