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Hotel of the Stars (Jon Bang Carlsen, 1981)
Apr
21
Heartbreak Hotel
The setting for a dramatic reenactment, watched over by the King. DP: Alexander Gruszynski.
A film set in a hotel, or involving Elvis Presley, on the date Heartbreak Hotel topped the charts in 1956.
“I love to see myself in Technicolor.”
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Le temps d'une chasse [The Time of a Hunt / Once Upon a Hunt] (Francis Mankiewicz, 1972)
Sep
1
National Hotel Employee Day
One of the men following Monique, one of the hotel employees (Luce Guilbeault, simply credited as “La Rousse”, “the redhead”) down the corridor. The young waitress (Frédérique Collin) can be seen in the door opening at the end of the hallway. DP: Michel Brault.
Le temps d'une chasse is the definition of unease. It starts at dawn, when two old friends pick up their buddy Richard (Marcel Sabourin) from the home he shares with his wife and son. The son, the wife insists, comes along. The men have planned a #hunting trip, in a cabin far away from #Montréal, far away from everything, with a beer-filled cooler at hand. The last they need is an underage kid towing along. But the boy comes along, she insists. With a trunk full of Dutch courage and a mouthful of boasting, the men find themselves at a hotel instead of the expected cabins.
“Tomorrow morning we'll get up early.”
Hotel days are short and its nights long and booze-filled, commanding their own temptation and regret.
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Le temps d'une chasse [Once Upon a Hunt / The Time of a Hunt] (Francis Mankiewicz, 1972)
Jul
17
after hours coffee
A Hopperesque glimpse through a corridor reveals a young woman (Frédérique Collin) sitting at a mostly empty dinner table. There are two coffee cups and a fruit bowl, and a bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. DP: Michel Brault.
