Room 237 (2012)

A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to ... See full summary »

Director:

Rodney Ascher

Stars:

Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bill Blakemore	...	Himself
Geoffrey Cocks	...	Himself
Juli Kearns	...	Herself
John Fell Ryan	...	Himself
Jay Weidner	...	Himself
Buffy Visick	...	VHS enthusiast
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scatman Crothers	...	(archive footage)
Tom Cruise	...	(archive footage)
Barry Dennen	...	(archive footage)
Keir Dullea	...	(archive footage)
Nicole Kidman	...	(archive footage)
Stephen King	...	(archive footage)
Stanley Kubrick	...	(archive footage)
Danny Lloyd	...	(archive footage)
Barry Nelson	...	(archive footage)

Storyline

A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to inspire debate, speculation, and mystery. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments. Together they'll draw the audience into a new maze, one with endless detours and dead ends, many ways in, but no way out.

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Plot Keywords:

Film Clip | Voice Over | Stanley Kubrick | Moon Landing | Baking Powder | 

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Taglines:

Some movies stay with you forever...and ever...and ever.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Domatio 237

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$29,693 (USA) (29 March 2013)

Gross:

$29,693 (USA) (29 March 2013)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Barry Lyndon (1975)
Footage of the film is included.

User Reviews

Ramblings by People You'd Ignore Normally

To me this is like watching a movie made by those crazy people on internet forums who say, "How can you be so blind? this is all about ________!" Obviously there was a message about Native Americans in the film, because they outright state that it was built on an ancient Indian Burial Ground, and there is Native American art everywhere in the hotel, but beyond that there is very little to go on besides continuity errors for most of the other theories.

The worse part of the whole documentary was when they decided to play the film backwards and forwards at the same time, and were amazed that the ending and the beginning will appear the same way... well that's because you play both the ending and the beginning at the same time, and it eventually gets to the beginning and the ending by the end of this little experiment. What else would happen? They use this little experiment to justify why characters are really behaving the way they are.

Another commentator gives her kid credit for explaining a moment in the movie, a movie he never even watched and wasn't even commenting on.

There were a couple interesting things like the significance of showing a Red VW Beetle being smashed up and the apparent lie used to change the Room 217 to 237, but once again, beyond that it's mostly just ramblings by people who have no connection to the film saying a chair missing in a shot is note worthy instead of a error. These people think Stanley Kubrick and everyone he worked with to create all his films never make mistakes. I for one, don't think Kubrick is a perfect God with full control of every tiny little thing on his sets.

I don't suggest this to anyone, because you can find out the significance of any "clue" online easily, and you don't need to waste your time hearing all these conspiracy theories, some of which are so ridiculous, it's infuriating.