Characters: Lloyd
Lloyd is a bartender spirit (or an amalgamated character that serves as Jack’s bartender) that we meet in The Gold Room for 2 scenes: No.47 and No.53.
Lloyd offers easy one liners, allowing Jack to blow off steam and open up after the fight in No.45. He’s an employee of The Overlook, so he’s dressed in a velvet red tuxedo, matching other employees (bellhop In No.6, attendant in No.3).
Kubrick uses subtle editing to show not only is Lloyd standing in front of a row of mirrors, the camera cuts away so that it’s only a corner of burgundy velvet, reflecting Jack’s burgundy jacket in the frame.
Just like Grady, Lloyd can be a few things depending on the narrative you look to.
He shows up after Jack’s Faustian Bargain— both a Horror Movie Trope and could be a real life “Ghost Request Line” if ever there was one— problem is Kubrick’s rarely that simple. I think Lloyd is the voice of the addict. The enabling voice that says “just one won’t hurt”, or No.5’s “That won’t happen to me”. If Grady serves as Jack’s survival, Lloyd acts as the gatekeeper to Jack’s depths.
Styling, Clothing & Colors
Lloyd wears a velvet red tuxedo, matching other employees (bellhop In No.6, attendant in No.3) and Jack’s jacket from Wednesday to the rest of the film.
Wednesday:
tuxedo:
red velvet jacket
black tie
white collared shirt
In this image · No.47
Full Character: Lloyd
Characters: Lloyd
Lloyd is a bartender spirit (or an amalgamated character that serves as Jack’s bartender) that we meet in The Gold Room for 2 scenes: No.47 and No.53.
Lloyd offers easy one liners, allowing Jack to blow off steam and open up after the fight in No.45. He’s an employee of The Overlook, so he’s dressed in a velvet red tuxedo, matching other employees (bellhop In No.6, attendant in No.3).
Kubrick uses subtle editing to show not only is Lloyd standing in front of a row of mirrors, the camera cuts away so that it’s only a corner of burgundy velvet, reflecting Jack’s burgundy jacket in the frame.
Just like Grady, Lloyd can be a few things depending on the narrative you look to.
He shows up after Jack’s Faustian Bargain— both a Horror Movie Trope and could be a real life “Ghost Request Line” if ever there was one— problem is Kubrick’s rarely that simple. I think Lloyd is the voice of the addict. The enabling voice that says “just one won’t hurt”, or No.5’s “That won’t happen to me”. If Grady serves as Jack’s survival, Lloyd acts as the gatekeeper to Jack’s depths.
Styling, Clothing & Colors
Lloyd wears a velvet red tuxedo, matching other employees (bellhop In No.6, attendant in No.3) and Jack’s jacket from Wednesday to the rest of the film.
Wednesday:
tuxedo:
red velvet jacket
black tie
white collared shirt