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Hotel is a 2001 British-Italian comedy horror-thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. It stars Salma Hayek, Rhys Ifans, David Schwimmer, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, and John Malkovich.

Hotel
Directed by	Mike Figgis
Written by	Mike Figgis Heathcote Williams
Produced by	Andrea Calderwood Mike Figgis Annie Stewart Lesley Stewart Ernst Etchie Stroh
Starring	Saffron Burrows Salma Hayek Lucy Liu Burt Reynolds Julian Sands David Schwimmer
Cinematography	Patrick Alexander Stewart
Music by	Mike Figgis Anthony Marinelli
Production companies	Moonstone Entertainment Channel 4
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists
Release date	12 September 2001 (2001-09-12)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Italy United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$29,813[1]

Plot

While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are being filmed by a sleazy documentary primadonna while the strange hotel staff share meals which consist of human meat. The story expands to involve a hit man, a call girl and the Hollywood producer.[2]

The film itself makes several mentions of the Dogme 95 style of film-making, and has been described as a "Dogme film-within-a-film."[3][4]

Reception

The film was not a financial success and received mixed reviews. Roger Ebert noted this and pointed out the complex nature of the film:

Many critics have agreed that Hotel is not successful, but I would ask: Not successful at what? Before you conclude that a movie doesn't work, you have to determine what it intends to do. This is not a horror movie, a behind-the-scenes movie, a sexual intrigue or a travelogue, but all four at once, elbowing one another for screen time. It reminds me above all of a competitive series of jazz improvisations, in which the musicians quote from many sources and the joy comes in the way they're able to keep their many styles alive in the same song.... The movie has to be pointless in order to make any sense.[4]

Cast

• Lucy Liu as Kawika
• John Malkovich as Omar Jonnson
• David Schwimmer as Jonathan Danderfine
• Saffron Burrows as Duchess of Malfi
• Salma Hayek as Charlee Boux
• Rhys Ifans as Trent Stoken
• Burt Reynolds as Flamenco Manager
• Julian Sands as Tour Guide
• Danny Huston as Hotel Clerk
• Max Beesley as Antonio
• Valentina Cervi as Hotel Maid
• Chiara Mastrioanni as Hotel Nurse
• Andrea Di Stefano as Assassin
• Mark Strong as Ferdinand
• Danny Sapani as AJ
• Ornella Muti as Flamenco Spokesman
• Laura Morante as Greta

References

External links

• Hotel at IMDb
• Hotel at AllMovie
• Hotel at the TCM Movie Database
• Hotel at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Hotel (2001 film)

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[ru] Отель (фильм, 2001)

«Оте́ль» (англ. Hotel) — фильм британского режиссёра Майка Фиггиса. Кинолента, снятая в жанре экспериментального триллера, вышла на экраны в 2001 году.

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