DVD
Room 237
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Languages
In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Interviews: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner.
Publication Information
New York : IFC Films ; [Orland Park, IL] : MPI Media Group, [2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining. Over 30 years later we're still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Rodney Ascher's wry and provocative documentary Room 237 fuses fact and fiction through interviews with both fanatics and scholars, creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick's still-controversial classic.
Notes
Title from container.
"Neither this film, nor any view or opinion expressed in it, nor the context in which film footage and images are used, is approved or endorsed by, or is in any way associated with, the Kubrick 1981 Trust, Stanley Kubrick's family, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., or anyone else connected with the making of the motion picture The Shining ("The Shining filmmakers"). The views and opinions expressed in this documentary film are solely those of the commentators in it and do not reflect the views of Stanley Kubrick or The Shining filmmakers."--Container.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2012.
Special features: The mstrmnd speaks: commentary with Kevin McLeod ; Secrets of The Shining: panel discussion from the First Annual Stanley Film Festival ; 11 deleted scenes ; The making of the music featurette ; Mondo poster design discussion with artist Aled Lewis ; trailer ; alternate trailers.