‘Room 237’ Trailer: What Mysteries Still Live In The Overlook Hotel?
By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2013 12:30 pm EST
IFC picked up the film and will release it later this year as part of its IFC Midnight label. The first US trailer is out (the one we posted last year has been pulled) and it is an appropriately simple thing. It won’t take you long to figure out where this one is going, especially if you’re familiar with the teaser for The Shining, but that doesn’t make the payoff any less entertaining when it happens.
Many people wondered how Room 237 could be released as a commercial venture, given the wealth of unapproved material used within. But it all falls under fair use, and the disclaimer at the beginning of this trailer, disavowing any formal relationship between the documentary and the subjects it depicts, may be all the legal gymnastics required.
