The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

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The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

""The Shining is a film meant to be watched both forwards and backwards" - Stanley Kubrick, Director"

2011

2h 24m

2.0(2 votes)

Horror

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An experimental film comprised of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING played forwards and backwards at the same time on the same screen, creating bizarre juxtapositions and startling synchronicities

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