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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.
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 ...
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
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 ...
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...
- Germain Lussier
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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May 29, 2015 · If The Nightmare ultimately isn’t as transfixing as Room 237, it nonetheless strengthens one’s conviction that Ascher has found a rich vein of nonfiction filmmaking he’s made his own. He ...
