Hotel Monterey (1973)
Directed by Chantal Akerman · Cinematography by Babette Mangolte
65 min26 frames
Documentary
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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.
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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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