The Answer is 42: A Review of Rodney Ascher's Room 237
Greetings friends, Here is the first of hopefully many R&R's (random reviews) to come, beginning with the wonderful Room 237 . To fully enjoy this film, I'd say it's a prerequisite that you watch Stanley Kubrick's The Shining at least three times. Seriously. This is because the symbolism in the movie is so heavily layered and complex, that many things won't register on first or second viewing. I know this isn't something any sane person would want to do in the course of a day, but if you're feeling particularly studious and enjoy getting creeped out in the process, it could be a fun activity to stretch across a week or two. I'm a Kubrick fan, so of course I have seen The Shining a bunch of times, and even I had to go back to the film once or twice after watching Room 237 . It's a film analysis blast. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS DOCUMENTARY YET, AND ARE NEW TO THE THEORIES BEHIND THE SHINING , I DO NOT RECOMMEND READING PAST THE TRAILE...