Evil and deception still rule the hotel of room 234

The documentary movie "Room 237" (2012) looks at all the different and sometimes opposite ways that people understand Stanley Kubrick's movie "The Shining" (1980). One of the most surprising and talked-about ideas is that "The Shining" is like a hidden story about the tragic end of Native Americans. Another big idea is that there's a hidden, deep story about the crimes in World War II. One controversial theory in the movie is that Stanley Kubrick helped fake the Apollo 11 moon landing and that "The Shining" has many hidden hints about this. Some people who interpret the film believe that Kubrick intentionally put hidden messages in it, using techniques from advertising and ideas about subliminal persuasion. A recurring idea is how the past, both personal and historical, affects and haunts the characters and the story. Many people who interpret the film point out its complex and seemingly illogical structure, comparing it to a maze, both the physical Overlook Hotel and the hedge maze outside, and also a maze of ideas. The documentary itself shows how many different ways a complex work of art like "The Shining" can be understood. Conversation created with NotebookLM's A.I.