Room 237
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1h 43m
Directed by Rodney Ascher | 103 mins | 2012
Among critics and fans, the films of Stanley Kubrick have inspired interpretations perhaps unique in both their range and florid intensity. (Alongside that of David Lynch, his career might offer the greatest argument for filmmakers saying very little about their films.) Robert Ascher’s highly entertaining and deeply researched documentary plumbs the colorfully conspiratorial depths of theories around Kubrick’s horror classic “The Shining” (1980).
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