In Room 237 — a 2012 documentary film — Rodney Ascher looks into fans’ interpretations of Stanley Kubrick‘s much disputed horrorfilm The Shining (1980). Far-fetched or not, the perceived insights are intriguing — they range from the connection of The Shining to the genocide of Native Americans, the Holocaust and the film being Kubrick’s apology for faking the Apollo 11 moonlanding. (Length: 1:45)
Interestingly, Ascher’s own analysis is less spectacular. In an interview for Complex Magazine he said:
‘My personal take on it is, for one, I don’t think its nearly as visionary as any one of these folks have found. I just see it as sort of a story about juggling the responsibilities of your career and family and as cautionary tale of what may happen if you make the wrong choice. And even maybe looking at the ghosts as these figures that represent fortune or prestige or things that you might be chasing at the expense of paying proper attention to your family.’
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