When Jack, Wendy, and little Danny arrived at the Overlook Hotel their luggage was piled up just inside by the main hotel door. What I want to know is, how the fuck did they fit all of that luggage into their tiny VW Beetle?!
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I don’t think that was the Torence’s luggage, it was probably the staffs, as they were leaving in mass that same day.
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I don't think so DancingintheDark, because Danny's little tricycle was parked up next to all that luggage, and also when the General Manager Mr Ullman asked Jack if his luggage had been seen to, Jack pointed to the pile of luggage that I'm on about and said yeah it's right there.
Yea I rewatched the scene, and the tricycle is there. Good catch.
Maybe it was to emphasize their length of stay?
Maybe someone followed them up with a truck or the hotel had a service. I'm sure it was just overlooked by the director and he wanted the shot of the luggage to be very particular without an explanation of how it was transported.
shareKubrick didn't make mistakes like that. They're must be a clue in that that I've never heard.
shareThey took a job which required them to live there for months, soooooo……
They packed, called a moving company (or it was set up and paid for by the employer) who delivered it all, before they arrived.
I love noticing little details in movies but this is about the least mysterious thing there is.
It’s just a normal part of life when people move or take a new job somewhere.
I've been reading Kubrick: An Odyssey. It's mentioned that there was a scene shot where the car the Torrance's were in had a trailer but was cut.
shareThe trunks in those old VW Beetles were very roomy. I don't know if all the luggage shown in the movie would fit.
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