Let's watch Room 237, the mind blowing DEEP dive into Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film THE SHINING (1980), written by Stephen King. This documentary delves into the symbolism and themes of the beloved film, and the other works of Stanley Kubrick.
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00:00 - I'm Don. It's late. I'm up. Hi!
01:50 - What's this movie about?
04:30 - Vote for @thehorrorcatdad for Horror Tuber of the Month
06:55 - Pressing Play
08:00 - Movies are all the arts
12:00 - What is Art?
16:55 - The beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey
21:00 - Art vs Commerce
23:45 - Kubrick's adaptation of King's book
25:55 - Tech Difficulties of Late Night Streams
31:00 - Stephen King's The Shining mini-series
32:35 - The screwy geography of the Overlook Hotel
40:00 - Danny and Dopey the Dwarf
43:25 - The Shining was a bomb at first
46:20 - Was the Moon Landing Faked?
48:50 - Where does The Shining rank?
50:14 - The Shining on TV
52:35 - A Skiing Minotaur?
54:00 - Documentaries are Propaganda
59:50 - Making of The Shining
1:02:00 - Conspiracy Theories
1:08:30 - The Crashed VW Bug
1:14:00 - Favorite Horror Sub-genre?
1:18:00 - Truth in Documentaries
1:27:00 - More Art Interpretation Talk
1:29:30 - Watching it Forward and Backward
1:35:15 - Was Jack at New Year's Eve or July 4th?
1:39:00 - The Changing Carpet
1:42:20 - A Perfect Companion Piece to The Shining
1:44:00 - Screenplay Architecture Talk
1:49:20 - Roll Call
1:52:25 - Green Grass and High Tides Forever
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