Shining

     

Shining1980

Genre: Horror
With the 1957 release of Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick confirmed his early promise and joined the ranks of world-class filmmakers. The age of the auteur had arrived, and Kubrick was a prime candidate for inclusion in the pantheon of directors late… more »


Jack Torrance:
Wendy, let me explain something to you. Whenever you come in here and interrupt me, you're breaking my concentration. You're distracting me. And it will then take me time to get back to where I was. You understand?

Wendy Torrance:
Yeah.

Jack Torrance:
Now, we're going to make a new rule. When you come in here and you hear me typing

Jack Torrance:
or whether you DON'T hear me typing, or whatever the F*** you hear me doing; when I'm in here, it means that I am working, THAT means don't come in. Now, do you think you can handle that?

Wendy Torrance:
Yeah.

Jack Torrance:
Good. Now why don't you start right now and get the f*** out of here? Hm?

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  • Chrisstian1
    Chrisstian1
    Reminds me when Jack yells at Greg Kinnear in As Good As it Gets when Jack is interrupted
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