fiction.wikisort.org - MovieI Am a Hotel is a 1983 Canadian made for TV short musical film, written by Leonard Cohen and Mark Shekter and directed by Allan F. Nicholls.
1983 Canadian film
I Am a Hotel |
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Directed by | Allan F. Nicholls |
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Written by | |
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Produced by | - Barrie Wexler
- Moses Znaimer
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Starring | |
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Narrated by | Leonard Cohen |
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Music by | Leonard Cohen |
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Production company | Blue Memorial Video Ltd. |
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Distributed by | - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Morningstar Entertainment
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Release date | 1983 |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
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Country | Canada |
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Language | English |
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The storyline is based on imaginary events in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and the guests' (usually romantic) interactions with each other.[1]
Production
Leonard Cohen had the idea for the film based upon his personal experiences and his song "The Guests". It was originally intended for the Canadian pay TV network C-Channel, but when the network collapsed, the production was completed by Citytv with financial assistance from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Canadian Film Development Corporation.[2][3]
Scenes
Cohen features frequently, as an amused bystander ('the Resident'). Extensive dance routines in scenes 2 and 3 were choreographed by Ann(e) Ditchburn, who also dances as the Gypsy wife in scene 3.
There are five scenes, each based on a Cohen song.
- "The Guests" in which the characters enter via the lobby and are taken to their rooms; The bellboy and chambermaid meet in the corridor; and the manager and his wife apparently have angry words in the lobby after which she strides off.
- "Memories" (in which the bellboy pursues the chambermaid around the laundry and ballroom)
- "The Gypsy Wife" (in which the manager's wife, in fetching attire, dances on the boardroom table)
- "Chelsea Hotel #2" (in which the two lovers try, and fail, to make love, and the admiral and diva at last face each other across the hallway)
- "Suzanne" (in which scenes of Suzanne with Cohen are interspersed with shots of the two couples reunited and dancing together, and the hotel manager distraught and then drinking at the bar)
A short epilogue repeats the opening material from 'The Guests'. The final credits give the makers as 'Blue Memorial Video Ltd' and dedicate the piece to David Blue (1941-1982).
Cast
- Leonard Cohen as The Resident
- Celia Franca as The Diva
- Alberta Watson as Suzanne
- Toller Cranston as The Manager
- Claudia Moore as Chambermaid
- Daniel Allman as Young Lover
- Samantha Logan as Young Lover
- Robert Desrosiers as The Bellboy
- Anne Ditchburn as The Gypsy Wife
- Leo Leyden as The Admiral
Release
The film was released on video in 1996.
Recognition
The film won a Golden Rose international television award at the 1984 Montreux TV festival in Montreux, Switzerland.[4]
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Concert tours |
- Leonard Cohen Tour 2008–2010
- Old Ideas World Tour
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Books |
- Let Us Compare Mythologies
- The Spice-Box of Earth
- The Favourite Game
- Flowers for Hitler
- Beautiful Losers
- Selected Poems 1956–1968
- Stranger Music
- Book of Longing
- The Holy or the Broken
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