Kubrick also publicly said that King's writing was weak and that the only functional aspect of The Shining was its plot. He completely disregarded the screenplay King wrote and hired novelist Diane Johnson to sift through the novel and extract the story elements he considered useful for the purposes of his vision. I…

Stanley Kubrick originally offered the part of Dick Halloran to Slim Pickens, and I don't get the sense that he'd've altered the character much if the white actor had taken the role. Which Pickens refused to do after his experience working under Kubrick in Doctor Strangelove.