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The_Shining remains as one of the most enigmatic and cinematic productions in history.
A reincarnation loop trap where Jack was there before, but in another body and time. With VR, people can pretend to be various people, animals and creatures. How did people in ancient times ever get the idea that this world might be part of a system where humans return to have more than 1 life experience? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Origins , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Religions_and_philosophies The implication is that its all some kind of a cosmic interactive recording and projection. https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3jdpzr/reincarnation_in_virtual_reality
https://the-take.com/read/at-the-end-of-the-shining-why-is-jack-in-the-photo-of-the-overlooks-july-4th-1921-party The ending of the movie implies that not everyone has a nice and comfortable life, and death. That there is a sinister force which can trick and trap people into orchestrated horrible scenarios.
"In the film, the motive of the ghosts is apparently to "reclaim" Jack (although Grady expresses an interest in Danny's "shining" ability), who seems to be a reincarnation of a previous caretaker of the hotel, as suggested by the 1920s photograph of Jack at the end of the film and Jack's repeated claims to have "not just a déjà vu". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)#Comparison_with_the_novel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deja_Vu_(Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_and_Young_album)
"...If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel I would probably know just how to deal With all of you And I feel Like I've been here before..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDOMuhpqUo The song, Deja Vu could easily be about the wheel of life and reincarnation.
https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/reincarnation
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a36289228/the-shining-ending-explained
https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-shining-ending
https://screenrant.com/shining-movie-ending-meaning-photo-book-explained
https://www.looper.com/144070/the-ending-of-the-shining-explained/
https://ew.com/movies/2017/03/30/shining-ending-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)#Response_by_Stephen_King
Of course a lot of directors will use some of the source material from a book, but their interpretation can sometimes result in a roughly parallel story or an alternate storyline. https://www.fusionanomaly.net/stanleykubrick.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)#Film_adaptation_commentary
The Shining was already quite an intriguing Stephen+King book for so many, where as the movie provided other interesting themes, aspects and elements. https://www.fusionanomaly.net/shining.html
https://comicbook.com/popculturenow/news/the-shining-deleted-scenes-ending/#1
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/the-shining-fans-pay-tribute-100th-anniversary-iconic-movie-moment
Room_number 217 vs. Room_237:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/movies/aide-to-kubrick-on-shining-scoffs-at-room-237-theories.html , https://theshining.fandom.com/wiki/Room_237 , https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/11/7/20953133/room-237-the-shining-doctor-sleep
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Doctor+Sleep takes the story off into another direction but still remains interconnect.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doctor-sleep-movie-review-2019
https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Sleep_(film)
Jack_Nicholson as Jack_Torrance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Torrance#Biography
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Torrance Talk about being sent back to the same hotel for more fun and games of horror that's orchestrated by mysterious forces of darkness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Hotel#The_Shining , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahwahnee_Hotel#In_popular_culture , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timberline_Lodge#As_a_filming_location
"On October 30, 1974,[7] King and his wife Tabitha checked into The Stanley Hotel in nearby Estes Park, Colorado. They were the only two guests in the hotel that night. "When we arrived, they were just getting ready to close for the season, and we found ourselves the only guests in the place — with all those long, empty corridors".[5]
Ten years earlier, King had read Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story "The Veldt" and was inspired to write a story about a person whose dreams would become real. In 1972, King started a novel entitled Darkshine, which was to be about a psychic boy in a psychic amusement park, but the idea never came to fruition and he abandoned the book. During the night at the Stanley, this story came back to him." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel)#Background
Of course a story by Stephen+King or any writer, can be altered or adapted into a movie or TV production.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story) ,
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/03/uploads-universe-simulations-virtual-world ,
https://www.quora.com/How-does-reincarnation-work-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation?
https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/the-quantum-theory-of-reincarnation ,
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/dops-media/video-reincarnation-research
