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American filmmaker Rodney Ascher is a master of the weird documentary. Whether he be exploring wild interpretations of a classic horror film in Room 237, bracketing the phenomenon of sleep paralysis in The Nightmare, studying the uncanny power of the moving image in "Primal Screen," or considering the sinister power of a kitschy logo in "The S from Hell," Ascher confronts his viewers with realities that resist final explanations and facile reduction. In this episode, Phil and JF follow Ascher\'s films into the living labyrinth of a strange universe that isn\'t just unknown, but radically unknowable.

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American filmmaker Rodney Ascher, director of "The S from Hell", Room 237, The Nightmare, and "Primal Screen"
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\\nArthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
\\nStanley Kubrick (writer-director), The Shining
\\nRichard Attenborough (director), Magic
\\nSandor Stern (writer-director), Pin
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\\nFreud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle
\\nDavid Lynch (writer-director), Lost Highway
\\nFrench psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan
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\\nJF Martel, "Ramble on the Real"
\\nPhil Ford, "Birth of the Weird"
\\nAmerican astronomer Carl Sagan
\\nCharles Taylor, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
\\nRen\\xe9 Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
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