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Hotel Monterey (1973)

Directed by Chantal Akerman · Cinematography by Babette Mangolte

65 min26 frames

Documentary

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Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: wide — A dark, unlit apartment interior frames an urban view through a rectangular window. High-rise brick…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: medium — A dimly lit lobby features a distinctive black and white checkered tile floor. A man and a woman are…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A dark, narrow residential corridor is flanked by plain walls leading to a stairwell. A single…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: wide — A 1970s apartment lobby features a black and white checkerboard floor and wood paneling. Two older women…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: wide — A dark, narrow interior hallway features a series of open wooden doorways leading forward. The walls are…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: medium — A dimly lit hotel lobby features metallic phone booths in the background. Three men stand in the…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A dimly lit residential corridor features beige walls and a dark concrete floor. Light sources are…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: medium — A dimly lit indoor lobby features a series of telephone booths in the back. An elderly woman stands in…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A dimly lit residential apartment hallway features dark wooden doors and pale yellow walls. An…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A narrow, dimly lit apartment hallway features beige walls and a dark floor. A red exit sign is…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — An urban city street viewed from an elevated perspective during an overcast day. Brick apartment…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: wide — A hallway with patterned, textured wallpaper leads to an open pass-through window. A man sits at a table…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — An exterior view of a tall, grimy city building features weathered yellow brick walls. A black…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: fullbody — A modest hotel room features white walls, a bed, and a floor lamp. An elderly man wearing a tuxedo…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A flat urban rooftop features aged brick parapets and weathered black tar roofing material.…Hotel Monterey (1973) movie still: establishing — A narrow corridor on a building rooftop is enclosed by weathered brick walls. The area features a…
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What is Hotel Monterey about?

New York City's Monterey is a residence hotel, whose inhabitants are older and primarily live alone. The camera, usually stationery, observes the lobby. No score, the lobby is clean with granite floors, men wear hats, people enter and exit an elevator, the camera looks out from within the elevator as doors open and close. People sit alone and motionless in their apartments. There are long shots of empty halls. Paint peels. The flooring on upper levels is linoleum. Hall lights are florescent. Doors open a crack then close.

Where can you watch Hotel Monterey?

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Who made Hotel Monterey?

What does the cinematography of Hotel Monterey look like?

Sampled across 26 frames, the coverage of Hotel Monterey leans on establishing shots and wide compositions. Cinematographer Babette Mangolte keeps much of it in low-key light. Night and dusk account for most of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.

What is the color palette of Hotel Monterey?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Hotel Monterey (1973) are #33322d, #55524c, #afaa93, #27221c, #d5d3ca, #8c8e89 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #27221c
  • #d5d3ca
  • #8c8e89

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