

The Shining: Forwards and Backwards(2011)
"The Shining is a film meant to be watched both forwards and backwards" - Stanley Kubrick, Director
An experimental film comprised of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING played forwards and backwards at the same time on the same screen, creating bizarre juxtapositions and startling synchronicities
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