Cultural Viscera

American History/Culture:

Seeing this after the skeletons in The Lobby creates the message that this is all of the death embedded within the hotel. It ties in neatly with “The Hotel is built on an old Indian Burial Ground”, the cultural relativism of Ullman casually mentioning “having to repel a few attacks”— yes. You would. You’re intruding on sacred space. 

The blood pouring out of the elevator represents a depth reached in violence and death ties to the country. 

Native American Blankets (Culture) as Decoration: 

The cultural relativism of destroying an entire land’s worth of human beings and using the weapon used to kill them as a decoration is wild. 

Domestic abuse:

The immediacy in the connection of this scene and No.88, as Jack is closing in on finding Danny cements the connection that the blood from the Elevator is Jack’s rage for his son.  

The Maze:

Kubrick as Unreliable Narrator:

The music from No.87 continues to the next scene (No.88) as Jack lumbers around the corner looking for Danny. 

Showing that the blood in the hallway is Jack within the maze looking for his son.  

Kubrick Device

The furniture shown stacked in the hallway is all from The Gold Room.

The hallway being red reflects No.53 and The Gold Room bathroom.

The repetition of artwork, blanket, love seat composition is similar to the ‘living room’ composition repetition of The Colorado Lounge. (A23:i480, i481 / A36:i650)

The repetition of artwork of two trees & love seat is the same as what we see in No.83, but it’s on the right as Wendy runs through the double doors styled as The Elevator. (No.83)

Colors:

Red:

You visually anticipate to see the elevator blood because the hallway is covered in red.

Black + Red:

The Elevator, the floor banding, and the Native American blanket are all in saturated red and black. 

Ghost Story:

Seeing this after the skeletons in The Lobby creates the message that this is all of the death embedded within the hotel. It ties in neatly with “The Hotel is built on an old Indian Burial Ground”. 

Cabin Fever:

This would be one hell of a hallucination because you were cooped up inside. 

Scene Reflection:

No.44

The color and patterns are mimicked in this shot. 

It’s the same chair, the elevator, the blue in Danny’s sweater represented here by Wendy (and Jack’s robe), his brown and plaid collar represented in the other loveseat. 

The Blood pouring from The Elevator:

No.6

Danny sees this vignette while talking with Tony in the mirror about why he doesn’t want to go to the hotel. 

While it’s Wendy witnessing this, it’s happening at the same time that Jack is close to finding Danny to kill him. 

No.50

Danny thinks/sees the blood pouring from The Elevator as Jack and Wendy fight in the Bedroom. 

No.64

Danny thinks/sees the blood pouring from The Elevator as Jack and Wendy fight in The Colorado Lounge. 

Wendy’s Trail of Awareness:

No.63

No.65

No.72

No.80

No.83

No.85

No.87

The Elevator design and Danny’s Bear Pillow:

No.7

There are structural similarities in a few scenes:

Jack walking down the hallway to The Gold Room (No.46, No.53) 

Danny running through Green Hallway to hide (No.73)

Wendy coming up on Halloran’s body, (No.83), 

The Elevator Hallway. It’s disconnection from the rest of the hotel (or at least what it could be connected to). The red hallway leading up The Elevator primes you to see blood. It also reflects The Gold Room Bathroom. 

Wendy

Utrenja II: Kanon Paschy, continues into No.88