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Rodney Ascher
Director

Rodney Ascher

USA

Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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4 titles
A Glitch in the Matrix

A Glitch in the Matrix

Rodney Ascher 2021 1h 48m

Are we in fact living in a simulation? This is the question postulated, wrestled with, and ultimately argued for through archival footage, compelling interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a collection of cases from some of our most iconoclastic figures in contemporary culture.

The Nightmare

The Nightmare

Rodney Ascher 2015 1h 30m 6.0

Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.

ABCs of Death 2

ABCs of Death 2

Larry Fessenden, Jen Soska 2014 2h 4m 7.5

Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Room 237

Room 237

Rodney Ascher 2012 1h 43m 6.1

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

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