October 12, 2005
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“Shining” Happy People
There was this film competition that assistant film editor, Robert Ryang (25), entered.
THE RULES: Take any movie and cut a new trailer for it – but in an entirely different genre. Only the sound and dialogue could be modified, not the visuals.
So Ryan chose Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, “The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. And in his hands, the film became a feel good comedy about a writer struggling to find his muse and a boy lonely for a father.
Mr. Ryang won the contest. Here’s a link to his entry: “Shining”
Check it out. The guy’s got skills. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “The Shining” all the way through but I sure as heck don’t remember it being like this.
He’s been getting a lot of heat from Hollywood, impressed by his sensibilities and obvious sense for pacing. Keep your eyes out for him in the future.
I know I need the man’s digits the next time I’m on a horrendous shoot that needs a serious re-tooling to be saved in post-production.
Comments (17)
i saw this clip last week… it’s so interesting the way he turned it into a love, drama story… and the music is just fits the trailer perfectly…
That’s amazing. Beautiful even.
That is pretty good editing he did. He still young too so its just beginning for him.
wow, dude’s pretty talented! i’ve seen this too many times since i was like 5, & it still scares me silly :-b til i saw this revamped trailer, haha …
Simply brilliant.
Haha…I am 24 years old, and I saw “The Shining” for the first time last weekend.
haha we featured this clip on our website!
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681181
wow, i think that’s stirred up my aspirations for film editing again – it’s inspiring.
It’s Hollywood quality with all the sound effects and the narration.
yeah i have no idea what the shining is about but it didn’t look scary at all from his preview
that’s one scary looking jack nicholson!
That’s hilarious. Wildly entertaining and all.
That trailer was widely circulated amongst hollywood’s development assts, at least.
http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=1792651
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Parry, it’s been done. Except, you know who I am. That means I’m not allowed to speak poorly of your acting skills. I shall however mock your bowstaff skills and nunchuck skills.
I saw this on a spoof website. It’s nice to see the story behind the trailer.
hehe its pretty hilarious. go asians!