About this episode
The episode explores the unique qualities of hotel movies through a discussion of six significant films.
Once again it is confirmed that a large hotel is a world unto itself and that this world is like the rest of the large world. The guests here roam about in their light-hearted, careless summer existence without suspecting anything of the strange mysteries circulating among them." — Siegfried Kracauer, The Hotel Lobby On this special episode of Out There in the Dark, Azed and Tom check in to Hotel Confidential. This week, we’re shifting our focus to a unique collaboration. Hotel Confidential is a new three-day contemporary art exhibition that brings together 16 local and international artists to reimagine The Royal Hotel’s Annex in Picton, Prince Edward County. Curated by Christina Zeidler and Stacey Sproule, the exhibition transforms the hotel into a site for radical artistic experimentation and unexpected encounters. The curators reached out to us to explore the cinematic DNA of the hotel, and we’re checking in for a deep dive. From the sterile isolation of high-end suites to the decaying hallways of the mind, we discuss six films that define the "hotel movie": Grand Hotel (1932, Edmund Goulding) Hotel Monterey (1972, Chantal Akerman) Mystery Train (1989, Jim Jarmusch) Barton…
People in this episode
Hosts: Azed, Tom
Topics covered
- hotel movies
- art exhibition
- cinematic exploration
- film analysis
- cultural commentary
Keywords
- hotel movies
- art exhibition
- film analysis
- Grand Hotel
- Lost in Translation
- Barton Fink
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hotel Confidential, The Royal Hotel
Books & works: Grand Hotel, Hotel Monterey, Mystery Train, Barton Fink, Lost in Translation, The Grand Budapest Hotel
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