Staircases to Nowhere: SE

An oral history of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Produced as part of our ongoing oral history, The Elstree Project, the original version of the film 55 minutes, but it has now been recut into a special edition 1’20” version — with five additional interviews — for The Criterion Collection in 2026.

Interviewees are:

Christiane Kubrick
Katharina Kubrick
with
Garrett Brown
Brian Cook
George Gibbs
Jan Harlan
Mick Mason
Ray Merrin
Doug Milsome
Tony Palmer
Kelvin Pike
Ron Punter
June Randall
Julian Senior
and featuring Joe Turkell

The film has been endorsed by the Kubrick Estate (SKFA) and Warner Bros.