The Red Room

The Red Room or Red Room may refer to:


Art and entertainment

  • The Red Room (Strindberg), an 1879 novel by August Strindberg
  • "The Red Room" (Wells), an 1894 short story by H. G. Wells
  • The Red Room (Nicci French novel), a 2001 novel by Nicci French
  • The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room), a painting by Henri Matisse from 1908
  • "Red Room" (animation), a Japanese internet flash animation/prank flash from 2004. It received attention for possibly inspiring the Sasebo slashing.
  • The Red Room, a mixtape by Game, made in 2010
  • Red Room, a Soviet training program featured in Marvel Comics that produced the Black Widow.
  • Red Room (film), a 1999 Japanese horror film
  • Companies

  • The Red Room Company, a poetry publisher in Sydney, Australia
  • The Red Room Theatre Company, a London-based theatre company
  • Places

  • Red Room (White House), a state parlor in the White House
  • Black Lodge from Twin Peaks, commonly referred to as "the red room"
  • The Red Room, an area of the haunted house described in the book The Amityville Horror
  • The Red Room (Strindberg novel)

    The Red Room (Swedish: Röda rummet) is a Swedish novel by August Strindberg that was first published in 1879. A satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. In this novel Strindberg reflects his own experiences of living in poverty while writing this novel during February to November 1879. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As a result of The Red Room, Strindberg became famous throughout Scandinavia.Edvard Brandes wrote that it "makes the reader want to join the fight against hypocrisy and reaction."

    A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities—politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business—he finds more hypocrisy and political corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters.

    The Red Room (French novel)

    The Red Room is a psychological thriller novel by Nicci French, the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. It was first published in 2001.

    Plot introduction

    Kit Quinn is a psychologist who ends up scarred after meeting a troubled arrested man. When she goes back to work after the incident she is asked to review a case for the police, in which the man who scarred her is the main suspect. Against everyone else's suggestions she decides to defend this man, at least until more evidence is found. Her suspicions end up proven and in the end she solves the case in the manner of the most experienced detective (which she is not).

    External links

  • Peter Guttridge. "Mighty Quinn", July 15, 2001.
  • References

  • The Red Room at bookarmy.com
  • The Red Room at fantasticfiction.co.uk

  • The Red Room (short story)

    "The Red Room" is a short gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of The Idler magazine.

    Summary

    An unnamed protagonist chooses to spend the night in an allegedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle. He intends to disprove the legends surrounding it. Despite vague warnings from the three infirm custodians who reside in the castle, the narrator ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil.

    Initially confident, the narrator becomes increasingly uneasy in the room. He attempts to conquer his fear by lighting candles, but keeping the candles lit in the draughty room becomes an ongoing battle. Each time a candle is snuffed out, the narrator's fear increases. He begins to imagine that the drafts are guided by a malevolent intelligence. As the narrator's fear reaches a crescendo, he stumbles onto a large piece of furniture (possibly the bed), and ricochets of the walls, in a blind panic; hitting his head and eventually falling unconscious. The caretakers, who found him earlier in the morning, feel vindicated when the narrator agrees that the room is haunted. They are eager to hear a description of the phantom, but he surprises them by explaining that there is no ghost residing in the room. The room is haunted by fear itself.

    Red Room (White House)

    The Red Room is one of three state parlors on the State Floor in the White House, the home of the President of the United States. The room has served as a parlor and music room, and recent presidents have held small dinner parties in it. It has been traditionally decorated in shades of red.

    The room is approximately 28 feet by 22.5 feet. It has six doors, which open into the Cross Hall, Blue Room, South Portico, and State Dining Room.

    Furnishings

    Through most of the nineteenth century the Red Room saw a fast changing series of styles from American Empire, Renaissance Revival, Rococo Revival, and the Aesthetic Movement. Furnishings from earlier administrations were sold at auction to fund the acquisition of newer, more fashionable furniture.

    The 1819 Italian marble mantel, with caryatid supports, is one of a pair ordered by President James Monroe and originally installed in the State Dining Room. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt selected Charles Follen McKim of the New York architectural firm McKim, Mead & White to renovate the White House. Among McKim's changes were moving the mantels from the State Dining Room to the Red Room and Green Room, and removing the assortment of mismatched furniture that had accumulated over the years.

    Red Room (film)

    Red Room (赤い密室(へや) 禁断の王様ゲーム Akai misshitsu (heya): Kindan no ōsama gēmu) is a 1999 Japanese V-cinema (direct-to-video) horror film written and directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi.

    Plot

    The film follows a group of four contestants (a husband and wife on the verge of divorce, and a pair of sisters) on a reality TV game show who are locked in the titular "Red Room" to torture each other, with the last person standing winning one million dollars. The contestants are made to pick cards which decide who will pick the torture, who will apply it, and who will be the victim. The tortures chosen start off relatively mild, but gradually escalate into extreme sadism and sexual abuse.

    Cast

  • Yuki Tsukamoto
  • Mayumi Ōkawa
  • Hiroshi Kitasenju
  • Sheena Nagamori
  • Release

    The film was originally released in Japan in VHS format on June 4, 1999 and later as a DVD on December 22, 2005.Red Room was released in the US by Anthem Pictures on January 9, 2007.

    In 2000, the film was followed by a sequel, titled Red Room 2.

    The Red

    "The Red" is the breakthrough single from the band Chevelle. It is the fifth track and lead single from their major label debut, Wonder What's Next, released in 2002. Former Major League Baseball player Geoff Blum used "The Red" as his intro song when he came up to bat.

    The song is about dealing with frustration and anger. Its music video depicts an anger management seminar where vocalist Pete Loeffler ascends a podium and sings the verse lyrics. The video then breaks to Chevelle performing the heavy chorus under red lighting. The agitated seminar participants, which include band members Sam and Joe, begin tossing folding chairs. By the end of the song, it is revealed that the fight happened to be just a dream.

    Track listing

    Charts

    References

    External links

  • YouTube video
  • The Red song facts
  • Chevelle - Artist Chart History
  • Podcasts:

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