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Filmmaker Rodney Ascher examines the many conspiracy theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1980 horror classic THE SHINING by speaking with fans of the film, and scholars who claim the director had a hidden agenda in adopting Stephen King's bestselling novel to the big screen. In depth conversations with Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, and Jay Weidner (Kubrick's Odyssey) reveal a wide spectrum of theories pertaining to Kubrick's film, including speculation that it was a cinematic allegory for the slaughter of Native Americans, the Holocaust, or perhaps a cleverly-constructed confession that he was in fact the filmmaker responsible for faking the 1969 moon landing that placed the United States at the cutting-edge of the international Space Race against the former Soviet Union.

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ProducerTim Kirk

EAN5055002557750

eBay Product ID (ePID)168173444

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleRoom 237

DirectorRodney Ascher

Release Year2013

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenreDocumentaries & Biographies, Biographies, General

Run Time102 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

ComposerJonathan Snipes, William Hutson

Additional InformationFilmmaker Rodney Ascher examines the many conspiracy theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1980 horror classic THE SHINING by speaking with fans of the film, and scholars who claim the director had a hidden agenda in adopting Stephen King's bestselling novel to the big screen.

ReviewsTime Out - What's attractive about ROOM 237 is how it demands that we look more closely at films, and think about motives and subtexts., The Guardian - Kubrick was himself a detail obsessive, and that fact makes these theories very seductive., Empire - A celebration of Kubrick, THE SHINING and the thrill of watching, analysing and loving film. It's the best movie about a movie we've seen in ages.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleRoom 237

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence, horror and nudity