Room 237 (2012)

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Wikidata Q4020673, film, IMDb tt2085910, TMDB 84330: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

The Shining: 2 lines theme ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (documentary about): Room 237 → The Shining. Room 237 is a documentary about the many readings of The Shining.
    “It's a movie about how many different ways this movie can be read, but it's just about it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:48:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (Kubrick comparison): David Fincher → Room 237. Fincher, like Kubrick, is a filmmaker whose myth invites assuming every detail is intentional.
    “you look at a movie like Room 237, that movie could only be made about Stanley Kubrick because people assume everything has intention.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:10:18 · Adam Nayman (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): The Shining → Room 237. Room 237 documentary argues there are no accidents with Kubrick, down to the carpet changing between shots.
    “That was one of the things in the room 237 documentary where they get into how there are no accidents with Kubrick and they talk about the carpet.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:14:28 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (Kubrick comparison): David Fincher → Room 237. Fincher, like Kubrick, is a filmmaker whose myth invites assuming every detail is intentional.
    “you look at a movie like Room 237, that movie could only be made about Stanley Kubrick because people assume everything has intention.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:10:18 · Adam Nayman (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (documentary about): Room 237 → The Shining. Room 237 is a documentary about the many readings of The Shining.
    “It's a movie about how many different ways this movie can be read, but it's just about it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:48:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Room 237: The documentary's theories get boiled down: the moon-landing reading rests on Danny wearing a moon sweater.
    “Well, the kid wears like a moon sweater and you're like, uh-huh.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:50:21 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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