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Monday, May 20
Room 237
After the box office failure of Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick decided to embark on a project that might have more commercial appeal. The Shining,
Stephen King’s biggest critical and commercial success yet, seemed like
a perfect vehicle. After an arduous production, Kubrick’s film received
a wide release in the summer of 1980; the reviews were mixed, but the
box office, after a slow start, eventually picked up. End of story?
Hardly. In the 30 years since the film’s release, a considerable cult of Shining devotees has emerged, fans who claim to
have decoded the film’s secret messages addressing everything from the
genocide of Native Americans to a range of government conspiracies.
Rodney Ascher’s wry and provocative Room 237 fuses
fact and fiction through interviews with cultists and scholars,
creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick’s still-controversial
classic.
(US | 2013 | U | 104 min | Dir. Rodney Ascher)
View Trailer here
NEITHER THIS FILM, NOR ANY VIEW OR OPINION EXPRESSED IN IT, NOR THE
CONTEXT IN WHICH FILM FOOTAGE AND IMAGES ARE USED, IS APPROVED OR
ENDORSED BY, OR IS IN ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH, THE KUBRICK 1981 TRUST,
STANLEY KUBRICK’S FAMILY, WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., OR ANYONE
ELSE CONNECTED WITH THE MAKING OF THE MOTION PICTURE THE SHINING (“THE SHINING FILMMAKERS”).
THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY FILM ARE SOLELY
THOSE OF THE COMMENTATORS IN IT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF STANLEY
KUBRICK OR THE SHINING FILMMAKERS.
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