The Shining Hotel - Pop Pilgrims

Even though Kubrick never strolled the Timberline's cozy halls, the hotel is inextricably linked to the film, a relationship that inspires some ambivalence among the hotel staff. Jon Tullis, director of public affairs, mentions in the video the disconnect between what you see of the Timberline in The Shining vs. what it is in real life. It isn't just that the interior of the hotel looks nothing like its cinematic doppelgänger—the Timberline is a ski lodge, warmly appointed, with lots of wood—but that his experience there differs so markedly from what's portrayed in The Shining. (Well, we'd hope so.) [youtube desc]
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From Wiki:
"The lodge was constructed between 1936 and 1938 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. Workers used large timbers and local stone, and placed intricately carved decorative elements throughout the building."

If you ever go there, I really recommend the tour. All these Old World craftspeople, out of work due to the Great Depression -- they poured all the love of their craft into this place.

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