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Hotel (2003)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:9
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.5/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: A sinister hotel in Venice forms the backdrop for director Mike Figgis's experimental, stylistically surreal HOTEL. The story centers on director Trent Stoken (Rhys Ifans), who is attempting to... A sinister hotel in Venice forms the backdrop for director Mike Figgis's experimental, stylistically surreal HOTEL. The story centers on director Trent Stoken (Rhys Ifans), who is attempting to film John Webster's play "The Duchess of Malfi" in the style of a Dogme film. He is constantly at loggerheads with his producer, Jonathan Danderfine (David Schwimmer), who eventually takes control of filming when Stoken is shot and falls into a coma. A documentary film crew lead by Charlee Boux (Salma Hayek) simultaneously captures the traumatic events, doting on the personal misfortunes of the cast and crew. As the movie progresses, the sinister, omnipresent hotel staff descend into cannibalism, cooking their guests, and further threatening the production of the film. HOTEL has many intertwining subplots which Figgis ties together neatly with the "The Duchess of Malfi" theme. He also draws on stylistic effects similar to those used in his previous film, TIMECODE, such as multiscreen techniques and free-form story structures with no real conclusions. Drawing on a variety of sources for inspiration, such as the famous darkly comic cannibalism movie DELICATESSEN, and the films of Jean Luc Goddard; Figgis delivers a compelling film, proving he is a director willing to take risks to deliver his true vision. [More]
Starring: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Valentina Cervi, Salma Hayek
Starring: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Valentina Cervi, Salma Hayek, Rhys Ifans, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, Julian Sands
Director: Mike Figgis
Director: Mike Figgis
Screenwriter: Mike Figgis
Producer: Annie Stewart, Etchie Stroh
Studio: Innovation Film Group
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Reviews for Hotel
A crystal-clear example of what happens when actors and filmmakers congregate with too much time on their hands.
Are you trying to tell me that Salma Hayek actually understood this script and I did not?
it's through its anarchic, try-anything chutzpah that this bizarrely erotic satire succeeds and entertains
A movie that works in no conventional sense, and succeeds in several unconventional ones.
Pretensions permeate Hotel, which, as a movie about movies, is the cinematic equivalent of a humor column in The Hollywood Reporter.
If you came across Hotel playing on monitors in a museum of contemporary art it would grab your attention for a while, but as a movie, it’s too pretentious, too confusing and just too much.
A train wreck of a film whose chaotic, partly improvised story and too-tricky mix of film stocks, image sizes, split-screen effects and color/B&W footage overwhelm some phenomenally beautiful sequences and a memorable performance by Saffron Burroughs.
There are clever, funny, erotic and visually beautiful moments scattered throughout the film.
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