I took a class about Stanley Kubrick films in college, and wrote a paper about the Shining. What always fascinated me about it was this strange undercurrent about Native Americans, and the thought that the usurping of their land somehow created this strange purgatory. There are a few tiny details that are Native American influenced, though very subtle, and they deal with the usurpers' callousness/indifference to their culture. Strange, and perhaps not what Kubrick had in mind (though he was such an incredibly detail-oriented directory that I can't help but think that it was all on purpose), but it was interesting to write about for that class.