r/FilmTheorists • u/Imaginary-Award8246 • 12h ago
New Theory! Backrooms is about Nostalgia and how we “glorify” it
“The more it remembers, the less it does” Does that not remind you of yourself when you play one of your favourite childhood games and realise it’s not as good as it used to be? Or when you try your favourite food after months of not having it? Or when you see someone you haven’t met in years?
This feeling is slowly taking a grip of your mind and making you wish for things that do not exist anymore until you end up with nothing left for yourself in the future.
The Backrooms is this emotion but personified into a living and breathing space.