“When
something happens it can leave a trace of itself behind. Say like… when someone burns toast. When some things happen, it can leave
other traces behind. Not things anyone can notice, but things that only
people who shine can see. Sometimes they can see things that haven’t
happened yet, sometimes they can see things that happened a long time
ago. I think a lot of things happened in this particular hotel over the
years… and not all of them was good.”
Because Danny Lloyd was so young and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of the movie, Lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie.
