ROOM 237

"One of the great movies about movies." - Variety

Room 237 dissects Stanley Kubrick's The Shining in amazing and unexpected ways, looking at a host of conspiracy theories around secret codes and messages supposedly hidden within the film.

Director Rodney Ascher has uncovered a thriving subculture of Kubrick fans, critics and film theorists - ranging from semi-obsessive to paranoid delusional - who ascribe a plethora of interpretations to The Shining. Is it about the Holocaust? Or the plight of the American Indians? Or is it a confession of Kubrick's involvement with faking the moon landing?

Screened at Sundance and Cannes, the film itself is about so much more than just obsessive fandom; it gets to the heart of what it is to find meaning in a film, and there, to discover one's secrets.

“Nutty, arcane and jaw-dropping in equal measure.” - Hollywood Reporter

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