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
Oof. I was mostly on board with this being silly fan theories until it got into full conspiracy theory nonsense. Also, why couldn't the editor do some general cleaning up of the interviews just to edit out some of the "ums" and "uhs"? I felt like I was being driven into a Jack-like madness with some of those guy's lack of an ability to get to the point.
Terrible. Don’t waste your time. The Shining is a good movie but the crazy conspiracy theories add nothing to the enjoyment or understanding of it. Or, read the book.
Crackpot conspiracy theories mixed with the worst disney style fan-fic. Even the guys around the corner from where I live holding signs that say "the end is nigh" and "everything is connected" make more sense that these wakkos.
what a crock. That poster of a Skier is actually a minotaur? come on now. Y'all sound as kooky as the "It's Aliens" guy.
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