In this scene from “Far Away Places,” compared to previous scenes between Don and the orange-clad Megan which placed him in the symbolic “right side of the frame” driver’s seat, the spatial relationship between the two now shifts him to the left with her represention (the orange roofed Howard Johnsons), to the right. To cause disorientation for the viewer, Stanley Kubrick also uses this aesthetic device in “The Shining”; notably in Jack’s men’s bathroom scene with the apparition. In further homage to Kubrick’s film, “Here’s Johnny!” echoes as Don kicks in the door to their apartment. In this scene from “Far Away Places,” compared to previous scenes between Don and the orange-clad Megan which placed him in the symbolic “right side of the frame” driver’s seat, the spatial relationship between the two now shifts him to the left with her represention (the orange roofed Howard Johnsons), to the right.

To cause disorientation for the viewer, Stanley Kubrick also uses this aesthetic device in “The Shining”; notably in Jack’s men’s bathroom scene with the apparition. In further homage to Kubrick’s film, “Here’s Johnny!” echoes as Don kicks in the door to their apartment.

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