“The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is a tremendous sense of isolation”—Haunting cinemagraphs from Kubrick’s The Shining

“The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is a tremendous sense of isolation”—Haunting cinemagraphs from Kubrick’s The Shining

by Tehseen Hussein

In the spirit of hurricane-induced house arrest, we offer yet another series of cinemagraphs to continue our celebration of Kubrick’s distinctive mise-en-scene, which we began a while back with 2001. What better cure for infrastructural paralysis than the desolate-yet-claustrophobic creepiness of being trapped inside with The Shining?