![]() ![]() Rinzler, it draws on extensive interviews and archival research and is being released by Taschen as part of a lavish box set, with a 900-page “making of” as its centerpiece. Lee Unkrich, the Oscar-winning director of “Toy Story 3” and “ Coco,” has been called “ the world’s foremost ‘Shining’ aficionado.” He is the “caretaker” of a long-running Tumblr devoted to the film and now the author of “ Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining,’” the ultimate completists’ guide to the film’s lore and visual ephemera. ![]() I recently spoke to someone whose love for “The Shining” leaves mine in the foothills. Rodney Ascher and Tim Kirk’s “ Room 237” (2012) offered a glimpse into some of the more outré fan theories: Did Kubrick fake the moon landings? (No.) Is the film surreptitiously about the genocide of Native Americans? (Actually… maybe a bit.) Legion are the admirers of “The Shining,” bewitched by its mysteries, all of which seem to encourage obsessive attention. ![]()
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