Room 237
Directed by Rodney Ascher
Five fans of THE SHINING explain their bizarre theories about the film's true meaning in this must-see doc about the passion Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film inspires in viewers. One fan thinks the film is about the slaughter of Native Americans, while another thinks it's about the supposedly faked Apollo 11 moon landing. But whether you agree with their outlandish conjectures (and no contradictory historical evidence is included) or not is less the point than the power cinematic creations have to lodge themselves in our brain and never let go. Contains violence and gore.
Five fans of THE SHINING explain their bizarre theories about the film's true meaning.
Cast: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns
Member Reviews
Excellent comedy, these people are all complete doolally and it's fascinating to listen to them ramble without any evidence for their wild theories. Someone looks at a poster of a skier, with the word "SKI" on it and with utter convictions decides it's a minotaur! XD
A entertaining (kinda) documentary on one of my favourite films of all time. in parts both intriguing and totally bonkers.
A fascinating document about a fascinating film, that makes some incredible observations. That said, there is definitely a LOT of unsubstantiated reaching that can never be verified, but it’s entertaining nonetheless.
Enjoyable in its own right. I'd say there are 30% of the content I agree were intended by Kubrick, but even some other portions were enjoyable as conversation pieces. The one to do with the film being played forwards and backwards at the same time is freaky and hypnotic if taken as a filmmaking experiment piece. The documentary brought out and helped consolidated The Shining as a work of art, so I respect the documentary on that level.
A celebration of cinema's power to obsess and consume us, and of the pleasures of film criticism. Very witty editing. Don't expect a documentary explaining secret meanings of The Shining. Go into it expecting a amusing look at the infinite capacity of the human psyche to find meaning in art.