The classic thriller masterpiece "Shining" pre-sale opens for the first time on the mainland's big screen

The horror film "The Shining" starring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall will be officially released in mainland theaters on January 30. Pre-sales of the film are now fully open. As a legendary work of film history, this film continues to receive high praise around the world, ranking among the top 100 thriller films selected by the American Film Institute (AFI), and maintaining a high score of 8.4 on IMDb and 8.3 on Douban. This is the first time that the film has been released in domestic theaters as a 4K restored version, providing fans with a rare opportunity to experience this grand work on the big screen.

Psychological horror gradually seeps into 4K renewal and sincerity to meet each other

The film previously released a new version of the Chinese poster. The boy's screaming and ferocious face in the picture is very impactful in the letters of The Shining. The yellow and black color matching of the poster is consistent with the common color of the international cordon and also represents the hidden danger signal in the story. Unlike ordinary horror films that rely on sudden panic and "panic" to scare people,"The Shining" tells the story of a writer who gradually falls into madness after staying in a remote hilltop hotel with his wife and children in the winter. Kubrick uses the lens to show the horror and fear of how human nature collapses step by step when people are in a closed space for a long time. The entire film uses exquisite audio-visual language and in-depth portrayal of psychology to create a slow-penetrating and long-lasting movie-viewing experience. It also further explores deep-seated themes such as personal loneliness, family relationships, and social difficulties.

This time,"The Shining" was released in mainland theaters for the first time, and 4K Renew met with audience friends sincerely. The film has achieved significant improvements in image quality, allowing the audience to feel the restored true colors and previously unseen lens details on the big screen. This release will bring different experiences in three formats: ordinary 2D, IMAX, and CINITY, presenting immersive audio-visual effects to everyone, amplifying the fear tension of the film to the extreme, and providing an experience unmatched by family viewing.

Filmmakers create textbooks that advance aesthetics become a source of inspiration

Since its inception,"The Shining" has become a textbook for many film creators later. It has an important position in film history. It is not only a benchmark for the horror film genre, but also recognized as one of the greatest films in film history. Many classic scenes and visual elements in "The Shining" have become important symbols of global pop culture. In the work "The Number One Player" directed by Spielberg,"The Shining" is reproduced in a large and important space. Famous scenes among them; the snow maze in the popular "Zootopia 2" is also taken from the hedge maze in "The Shining"; mainland actor Zhu Yilong and idol singer Song Yuqi have also paid tribute to the film in magazine blockbusters and MVs respectively. This big screen screening will allow the audience to more directly feel the shock of the famous scenes of "The Shining".

Director Kubrick used cutting-edge shooting techniques when shooting the film, such as the first color drama film to be aerial photography from a helicopter, the first time a long-lens film was used to shoot a long-lens film, and the use of multiple shuttle lenses and long lenses., added many different narrative perspectives to the film, both in terms of technical and aesthetic aspects, achieved technical breakthroughs in the film production at that time. For example, the famous "elevator blood wave" scene in the film relied entirely on real-life shooting in the era when there were no digital special effects. Each shooting required rebuilding the scene and preparing a large amount of special plasma. The staff prepared for 9 days and repeated shooting several times. It was completed. Kubrick's carefully constructed symmetrical composition, delicate light and shadow, and rich layered sound design will present the best results on the big screen, an experience that cannot be replicated on screens such as TVs, tablets or mobile phones.

The movie "Shining" was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, and the 4K refreshed and restored version has been pre-sold on major ticketing platforms! The film will be screened on mainland screens for the first time on January 30 in ordinary 2D, IMAX and CINITY formats. Welcome to call the theater to experience the new charm of this film history classic for yourself.