Sometimes last year, I stumbled upon this clip on YouTube, and I really enjoyed it. Only later, did I discover this is a trailer from an actual film, Hotel Noir.
I’ll say the truth, I didn’t watch the film, because as I googled around in search of info about it, I discovered basically nobody liked it. Pity too, because the idea sounds cool:
This slight tale tracks Felix, a detective holed up in a room at the Biltmore in 1958 Los Angeles, awaiting his death at the hands of gunmen. In the lobby, bar and hallways, Felix meets other characters, all with reasons of their own for being there.
Awww that’s a shame, it looks like it could have been fun. What did people say was so bad about it? Based on the trailer images alone, it can’t have been that bad compared to like 85% of the noir films that actually came out of the 1950s, hehe…
Most reviews said the plot was illogical and very hard to follow or believed and that it was never clear whether the film was an homage to classic film noir or if it was a parody. This last issue seems particularly problematic to me. Or isn’t it?
That’s a real shame – the trailer is really clever! I asked Bard Constantine about the language in his book actually, I didn’t know the noir genre that well but I absolutely love the slang!
It is a lot of fun. I wish my use of the English languege would allow me to use more of slang. I do use some in my story, but for me it’s always a bit tricky.
Hey, I’m totally going over to Bard’s interview!!!!!
8 Comments
Andrew Leon Hudson
Good concept for a trailer!
jazzfeathers
Isn’t it? 🙂
lupachi1927
Awww that’s a shame, it looks like it could have been fun. What did people say was so bad about it? Based on the trailer images alone, it can’t have been that bad compared to like 85% of the noir films that actually came out of the 1950s, hehe…
jazzfeathers
Most reviews said the plot was illogical and very hard to follow or believed and that it was never clear whether the film was an homage to classic film noir or if it was a parody.
This last issue seems particularly problematic to me. Or isn’t it?
Mimesis Heidi Dahlsveen
A pity yes.
jazzfeathers
It is. I find the trailer simply fantastic 🙂
Celine Jeanjean
That’s a real shame – the trailer is really clever! I asked Bard Constantine about the language in his book actually, I didn’t know the noir genre that well but I absolutely love the slang!
jazzfeathers
It is a lot of fun. I wish my use of the English languege would allow me to use more of slang. I do use some in my story, but for me it’s always a bit tricky.
Hey, I’m totally going over to Bard’s interview!!!!!