Film Review – Room 237

For some, Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, “The Shining,” is an
effective chiller with a triumphantly realized streak of sinister,
otherworldly behavior. For others, the picture is an interestingly
crafted but hopelessly inert experience in directorial indulgence.
However, for a select few, “The Shining” is a big screen Rubik’s Cube of
interpretational delights, with every single frame of the movie
containing a deeper meaning waiting patiently for feverish analysis to
discover it. The creators of “Room 237” actually make an attempt to
deconstruct the work, asking six participants of no apparent fame to
share their study of Kubrick’s labor, with director Rodney Ascher
piecing together a fascinating study of the feature and all the real and
imagined secrets these interviewees have spent the greater part of the
their lives obsessing over. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com