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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 ...
- Lost Highway
Luis Bunuel, the Spanish surrealist, once made a film in...
- The Shining
alone, Hallorann warns Danny to stay clear of Room 237,...
- Lost Highway
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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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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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.