Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is an esteemed member of the twentieth century’s pantheon of outstanding films while also perhaps being the director’s most accessible film. It is a rarity in that on the one hand it was a successful mainstream horror film about a violent father in a deserted and haunted hotel, but on the other is a more rarefied and esoteric object for cult audiences who are convinced that the film means something totally different. Indeed, the film appears replete with enigmatic and provocative allusions, which provide The Shining with an almost unmatched sense of resonance. Seeing the film as a vehicle for secret messages has led to a myriad of different interpretations, which has helped elevate the film’s cult status over the years to make it a special case in cinema. Indeed, it is so singular that it arguably even redefines the notion of cult film. This volume investigates The Shining’s most fascinating aspects as a film while also addressing the range of meanings and interpretations assigned to the film, looking into what has made it one of the key cult films of the last half century.

The Shining (Cultographies)

Humor & Entertainment

Donnelly, Kevin

Movies

Wallflower Press

Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century, 87)

Adolphe Quetelet was an influential astronomer and statistician whose controversial work inspired heated debate in European and American intellectual circles. In creating a science designed to explain the “average man,” he helped contribute to the idea of normal, most enduringly in his creation of the Quetelet Index, which came to be known as the Body Mass Index. Kevin Donnelly presents the first scholarly biography of Quetelet, exploring his contribution to quantitative reasoning, his place in nineteenth-century intellectual history, and his profound influence on the modern idea of average.

Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century)

Science & Math

History & Philosophy

University of Pittsburgh Press

Pop music "stars" in many of the most successful of British films, such as "Trainspotting" and "Human Traffic". Even pop artists themselves have been known to appear in British movies, including a young Cliff Richard to the more recent Spice Girls. This is a systematic guide to where and how pop music appears in British cinema. It references all British feature films using pop music from the 1950s to the end of the 20th century. There are listings of "band" movies, such as The Beatles' "A Hard Days Night", and indexes to musicians, directors and film titles. The book also illustrates and describes the changing ways of using pop in British film.

Pop Music in British Cinema: A Chronicle (BFI Film Classics)

British Film Institute

The New Zealand Curriculum: A Submission on the Draft for Consultation 2006

Education Forum

Book by Sullivan, Amy L., Donnelly, Kevin J., Donnelly, Kevin

Cruising 101: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Paradise

Sullivan, Amy L.

Donnelly, Kevin J.

Free Fall Press

Dumbing Down: Outcomes-Based and Politically Correct, the Impact of the Culture Wars on Our Schools

Hardie Grant Books

This major new study focuses on film music as a device that controls its audience by using emotion as a powerful tool. Kevin Donnelly emphasizes the manipulative and ephemeral character of film music. He discusses not only traditional orchestral film music but also film music's colonization of television and the relation of pop music and film. Film and Television Music challenges accepted notions of film music as restricted to film by looking at its use in television and its influence in the world of pop music. It questions traditional assumptions about "valued" film music, either from "name" composers or from the golden era of classical Hollywood. Focusing on topics as diverse as horror, pop music in film, ethnic signposting, television drama, and the soundtrack without a film, this original study introduces a range of new perspectives on one of the most complex and fascinating aspects of filmmaking. 

The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television

This book is a major new study - dealing with notions of film music as a device that desires to control its audience, using a most powerful thing: emotion. The author emphasises the manipulative and ephemeral character of film music dealing not only with traditional orchestral film music, but also looks at film music's colonisation of television, and discusses pop music in relation to films, and the historical dimensions to ability to possess audiences that have so many important cultural and aesthetic effects. It challenges the dominant but limited conception of film music as restricted to film by looking at its use in television and influence in the world of pop music and the traditional restriction of analysis to 'valued' film music, either from 'name' composers' or from the 'golden era' of Classical Hollywood. Focusing on areas as diverse as horror, pop music in film, ethnic signposting, television drama and the soundtrack without a film- this is an original study which expands the range of writing on the subject.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Life was never meant to be easy, as a famous politician once said, and tragedy and loss can strike at any time. Losing a loved one unexpectedly and without reason, facing family hardship or a crisis at work are events that can touch anyone of us. But, there are ways to be resilient and to overcome adversity and pain and to lessen the impact of depression. In TAMING THE BLACK DOG, Kevin Donnelly writes how literature, religious faith and the love and comfort of family and friends can help one to find a safe shore after the storms and the rough seas. While there is no closure - there is hope and a chance to live life to the full.

Taming the Black Dog

Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd

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Books by Donnelly, Kevin

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The Shining (Cultographies)

Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century)

Pop Music in British Cinema: A Chronicle (BFI Film Classics)

The New Zealand Curriculum: A Submission on the Draft for Consultation 2006

Cruising 101: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Paradise

Dumbing Down: Outcomes-Based and Politically Correct, the Impact of the Culture Wars on Our Schools

The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television

The Spectre of Sound: Music in Film and Television

Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796-1874 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century)

Taming the Black Dog