Room 237
One of the great movies about movies.
Room 237
In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his classic horror film, THE SHINING. Over 30 years later, viewers are still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Loved and hated by equal numbers, the film is considered a genre standard by many loyalists, while other viewers dismiss it as the lazy result of a legendary director working far below his talent level. In between these two poles, however, live the theories of ardent fans who are convinced they have decoded THE SHINING’s secret messages regarding genocide, government conspiracy, and the nightmare that we call history. Ascher’s ROOM 237 fuses fact and fiction through interviews with the fans and scholars who espouse these theories. Ideas of five devotees of the film with wildly different ideas about its true meaning are braided together in a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of the horror classic.
FESTIVALS
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – OFFICIAL SELECTION
2012 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – OFFICIAL SELECTION: DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
2012 TORNTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ¬ OFFICIAL SELECTION
2012 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL ¬ OFFICIAL SELECTION
FESTIVALS
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL – OFFICIAL SELECTION
2012 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – OFFICIAL SELECTION: DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
2012 TORNTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ¬ OFFICIAL SELECTION
2012 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL ¬ OFFICIAL SELECTION
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
103
Language
English
Director
Rodney Ascher
FEATURED REVIEW
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
The fastidiousness, intellectual obsessiveness and attention to minute detail for which Stanley Kubrick was known is matched by some devoted acolytes in Room 237, a fanatical, sometimes hilarious analysis and deconstruction of hidden meanings to be found in the director’s controversial 1980 horror ...
Played at
Claremont 5 12.07.12 - 12.13.12
Playhouse 7 4.05.13 - 4.25.13
Monica Film Center 4.12.13 - 4.18.13
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