I viewed the last half of the film alone, since my wife angrily left the room, saying, "This is pure trash." Certainly there were failures in the film--the complexity of watching and listening to four screens at once, the disconnectedness of the "plot," etc. But there was a level of experiment that was commendable, to say the least. I was occasionally reminded of some of the more difficult moments in a Fellini film. The acting, for the most part, was strong, although some characters were intentionally two-dimensional. The use of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" was an interesting nuance, and in some ways the "tone" of "Hotel" matched the mood of Webster's original.
Review of Hotel
