Hotel Russia (1993)
- Directed by
- Kristoffer Nyholm
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 45 min
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows the daily life inside Moscow's largest hotel in 1992. It shows a place of faded luxury where locals, prostitutes, and war veterans now gather. They talk business vaguely against a backdrop of decay and uncertainty about the future.
observationalmelancholicdecayinggroundedunsettlingeveryday
What happens
Hotel Russia er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1993, der er instrueret af Kristoffer Nyholm efter eget manuskript. Hotel Russia den 3. juni 1992. Moskvas største hotel. Russia betyder Rusland, og engang var dette kæmpehotel et internationalt mødested med liv og luksus. I dag er det mest russere og folk fra det tidligere Sovjetunionen, der bor her i fordums storheds tydelige forfald. Her er kosakker, prostituerede og veteraner fra Afghanistan. Alle taler om "biznes" og ønsker ikke at uddybe nærmere. Der spises, drikkes, danses, og livet går sin skæve gang på hotel Russia, der også er central for nyheder til hele verden. Nyheder fra landet, der ikke har mad nok, men masser af bomber... Hotel Russia bliver selve sindbilledet på Rusland af i dag - et minikosmos, der afspejler opløsning og kaos, men også overlevelsesvilje og frem for alt en usikker fremtid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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