Demi

*Parsons’ ***Backrooms **are distorted museums built on memories that you’ll never fully remember to forget, pieces showcasing both virtuous and sinful attempts at escaping the loop of the traumatic human experience. ** Clark **enters his space with open arms, a strong desire to reconnect with what he once had so that he doesn’t have to be alone. There was never a time he wasn’t where he wanted to be. Access to his space has always been there, it opened now that his subconscious is looking for more. Ultimately he’s given a second chance, but the desire to remain a Captain on a lost voyage causes his ego to consume him. **Dr. Kline **understands the complexity of the mind despite being unable to cope with the reality that everyone’s life is in their own hands. Growing up in her own personal hell, the space took a hold of her psyche within the real world. In any attempt to prevent other people from suffering the fate of her ill mother she takes the role of Therapist, a profession that by default throws you into troubled lives who are also important. Entering Clark’s entrance to the space is her way of reaching out to him when she could’ve abandoned him, why chase someone that keeps running? Having one last understanding with Clark she was finally able to help him understand that he is in control of everything in the good ways, but that wasn’t her ultimate goal. Chased by the Captain she reaches an escape from the horrific space, a mix of her troubles and perspective along with Clark’s. She makes it, now free from the mind of clark and back into what she feels is reality. A bit ambiguous, but all we know is that Dr. Kline is a permanent part of what The Backrooms makes of itself, much like every other dreamer. The silence of *Backrooms *speaks to let your mind run wild, to engrain your emotions and feelings into the film’s narrative and piece together what you can tell is happening on top of what isn’t being said. The space is yours, it’s whatever you project into it.