{"id":65334,"date":"2026-06-05T23:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=65334"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:59:58","slug":"backrooms-a-critique-of-a-youtubers-successful-arrival-in-movie-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/06\/05\/backrooms-a-critique-of-a-youtubers-successful-arrival-in-movie-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"'Backrooms', a critique of a YouTuber's successful arrival in movie theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years now, the film industry has been grappling with a serious problem: the difficulty in finding good stories to make movies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/22\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-a-commentary-on-this-star-wars-franchise-film\/\">'The Mandalorian and Grogu', a commentary on this Star Wars franchise film<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/27\/project-hail-mary-a-review-of-a-highly-anticipated-science-fiction-film\/\">'Project Hail Mary', a review of a highly anticipated science fiction film<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is leading to continuous remakes of old movies and reboots of film series.<\/strong> Meanwhile, young people are watching less and less television and spending more time watching YouTube. Against this backdrop, <strong>a film that defies easy categorization, \"Backrooms,\" premiered in the US on May 29th, a film that has become a global phenomenon. It premiered in Spain this Friday, and I just saw it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The director of \"Backrooms\" is a young YouTuber about to turn 21: Kane Parsons.<\/strong> On January 7, 2022, on his channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kanepixels\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kane Pixels<\/a>, this young man published a 9-minute short film titled \"The Backrooms (Found Footage),\" presented as a mock found footage. <strong>This video spawned a series of short films that have been very successful.<\/strong> You can watch the initial video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Backrooms (Found Footage)\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4dGpz6cnHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This short film now has almost 83 million views.<\/strong> A New York production company, A24, became interested in this work, and Parsons himself directed the feature film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Backrooms\" is one of the strangest and most original films I've seen since the release of \"Cube\" in 1997.<\/strong> The plot is as follows: a man owns a large furniture store and one night discovers there's something beyond the basement wall, gaining access to what appears to be a very unusual office building. I'll stop there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The film stars British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve.<\/strong> Both give good performances, but the true protagonist here is that inexplicable world beyond the wall. Parsons himself composed the soundtrack, along with Canadian composer Edo van Breemen. <strong>I found it to be an excellent film and I recommend it<\/strong> (though it's best not to go with children). Here's the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Backrooms | Official Trailer HD\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wek9dIw2uVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years now, the film industry has been grappling with a serious problem: the difficulty in finding good stories to make movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15961,11953],"tags":[27201,27203,27200,27202,653],"class_list":["post-65334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloque-6-english","category-cinema-and-tv","tag-chiwetel-ejiofor","tag-edo-van-breemen","tag-kane-parsons","tag-renate-reinsve","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}