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  1. Jun 5, 2015 · “The Nightmare” is more effective than the esoteric “Room 237” because it represents a full immersion into a common human experience. The re-enactments are superb. While there are similarities in the stories, each person has a different version of the same experience, and Ascher and his production team has worked beautifully to help ...

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      Luis Bunuel, the Spanish surrealist, once made a film in...

    • The Shining

      alone, Hallorann warns Danny to stay clear of Room 237,...

  2. Jan 30, 2015 · Mixing talking heads, surreal bedtime re-creations and shamelessly assaultive scare tactics, Ascher’s playful, visually inventive sophomore feature isn’t at the same level as “Room 237 ...

  3. Jan 27, 2015 · Rodney Ascher ‘s 2012 documentary “Room 237” combined numerous conspiracy theories surrounding the meaning of Stephen King’s “The Shining” into a compelling portrait of obsession.

  4. thedissolve.com › reviews › 1633-the-nightmareThe Nightmare / The Dissolve

    Jun 4, 2015 · Though reviews for Rodney Ascher’s debut documentary Room 237, which collected a handful of elaborate interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, were generally positive, a handful of prominent figures, including Stephen King and former Kubrick assistant Leon Vitali, came out against the film. The basic gist is that the theories on ...

  5. Jun 4, 2015 · While “Room 237” sought evidence for its most outlandish conceits, “The Nightmare” declines to delve. As the testimonies grow repetitive, the strategy suggests willful ignorance.

    • Rodney Ascher
    • 2 min
  6. Jan 28, 2015 · The Nightmare uses much of the energy and technique that Ascher displayed in Room 237, his documentary about people obsessed with Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. He uses voiceover and there's...

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  8. Jan 28, 2015 · REVIEW: Rodney Ascher’s THE NIGHTMARE should have been a. slam­dunk. His SHINING doc, ROOM 237, was unsettling even if most if the interpretations put. across in the film were nonsense.

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