Room 237 (2012)
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Rodney Ascher
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Three or more fans of Kubrick's The Shining describe the film's profound effect on them, and expound their particular theories in its regard: a comment on the genocide of the American Indian, Kubrick's association with fake Apollo mission footage, the phenomenon of evil in the world, for example Nazism.
Review:
Some of this (Kubrick's use of props, its relation to the King original) is more persuasive than other parts (the layout of the set, the number 42, playing the film backwards and forwards at the same time), but it is all fascinating, and superbly mounted for the viewer. At no point are there talking heads, indeed it is probably best we don't see the interviewees(!), but the way in which the film is slowed for scrutiny, and found footage, diagrams and models used to illustrate the concepts, is never less than cinematic. You are left with a newfound respect for the man's extraordinary genius and humanity.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Rodney Ascher
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Three or more fans of Kubrick's The Shining describe the film's profound effect on them, and expound their particular theories in its regard: a comment on the genocide of the American Indian, Kubrick's association with fake Apollo mission footage, the phenomenon of evil in the world, for example Nazism.
Review:
Some of this (Kubrick's use of props, its relation to the King original) is more persuasive than other parts (the layout of the set, the number 42, playing the film backwards and forwards at the same time), but it is all fascinating, and superbly mounted for the viewer. At no point are there talking heads, indeed it is probably best we don't see the interviewees(!), but the way in which the film is slowed for scrutiny, and found footage, diagrams and models used to illustrate the concepts, is never less than cinematic. You are left with a newfound respect for the man's extraordinary genius and humanity.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Rodney Ascher
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
Three or more fans of Kubrick's The Shining describe the film's profound effect on them, and expound their particular theories in its regard: a comment on the genocide of the American Indian, Kubrick's association with fake Apollo mission footage, the phenomenon of evil in the world, for example Nazism.
Review:
Some of this (Kubrick's use of props, its relation to the King original) is more persuasive than other parts (the layout of the set, the number 42, playing the film backwards and forwards at the same time), but it is all fascinating, and superbly mounted for the viewer. At no point are there talking heads, indeed it is probably best we don't see the interviewees(!), but the way in which the film is slowed for scrutiny, and found footage, diagrams and models used to illustrate the concepts, is never less than cinematic. You are left with a newfound respect for the man's extraordinary genius and humanity.