Is "The Shining" just a horror movie about a guy who goes berserk in a hotel, or is it subversively about the history of American genocide? Why did Stanley Kubrick use cans of Calumet and Tang in the hotel's storeroom? Were these just random products, or were they each chosen and framed in the camera with a specific intent? And what's the deal with the Bill Watson? If you think you know "The Shining," guess again, as Rodney Ascher's outstanding "Room 237" goes down the rabbit hole of the meanings and interpretations of the horror classic, from the plausible to the outlandish. In what surely pushes the limits of fair use, "Room 237" cuts together not only footage from "The Shining," but from every Kubrick film along with countless other works (ranging from Mario Bava to Alfred Hitchock to classic Disney cartoons), strings it all together, and pairs it...
- 3/28/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Is "The Shining" just a horror movie about a guy who goes beserk in a hotel or is it subversively about the history of American genocide? Why did Stanley Kubrick use cans of Calumet and Tang in the storeroom of the hotel? Were these just random products, or were they each chosen and framed in the camera with a specific intent? And what's the deal with the Bill Watson? If you think you know "The Shining" guess again, as Rodney Ascher's outstanding "Room 237" goes down the rabbit hole of the meanings and interpretations of the horror classic from the plausible to the outlandish.
In what will surely be pushing the limits of fair use (or create a rights clearing nightmare for IFC Midnight who picked up the film), "Room 237" cuts together not only footage from "The Shining," but from every Kubrick film, and countless other works (ranging...
In what will surely be pushing the limits of fair use (or create a rights clearing nightmare for IFC Midnight who picked up the film), "Room 237" cuts together not only footage from "The Shining," but from every Kubrick film, and countless other works (ranging...
- 5/21/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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