Film School Rejects has an interesting article about Room 237. Scott Beggs calls the trailer "nothing short of amazing." However, he points out that the teaser really contains no scenes from the movie itself. It seems this is because the movie is "comprised solely of shots from The Shining..."
Room 237 will arrives in theaters March 29th, with Beggs hoping that
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Room 237 will arrives in theaters March 29th, with Beggs hoping that
"by then they’ll have turned it into an actual movie. The cut that played at several festivals last year was the film version of a research paper where a kid slapped all his source material loosely into a three-ring binder and turned it in without trying to organize anything. It’s an engaging idea, but it hasn’t really been turned into a movie yet — just a string of headache-inducing images and cluttered voice over. So even though this is monumentally geek-tastic, it’s not really surprising that copying the original is all they had up their sleeves."The full article is at filmschoolrejects.com
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As far as I can tell, "Room 237" was made by and for crazy people. I'll probably buy the Blu-ray, but I won't feel all that proud of myself for doing it.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to it. But I agree, it's all crazy talk. Trashcan-man would approve.
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