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Hotel Noir (2012)
Directed by Sebastián Gutiérrez
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Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Carla Gugino | Danny DeVito | Malin Åkerman | Rufus Sewell | Robert Forster | Rosario Dawson | Mandy Moore | Kevin Connolly | Cameron Richardson | Michael B. Jordan | Patrick Arthur | Aaron Behr | Michael Raif Brizzolara | John Colella | Michelle Dawley | Lauren Dearmon | Isaac Eshete | Andrew Fiscella | Jeffrey MacIntyre | Kim Mahair | Laurie Mannette | Ermahn Ospina | Derek Schreck | Mathieu Schreyer | Genny Sermonia | Vanessa Suarez | Jade Willey
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/21/2023 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
aka City of Sin (per the DVD title)
Picked this up for a buck at my library sale today bc the cast looked interesting and I had never heard of it. Crazy esp. w/this cast and before Michael B. Jordan blew up. Danny DeVito is a writer and the narrator of this story, his story about a private dick in a hotel and this odd characters and how their stories intersect. It’s not great but enjoyable for the actors involved and this stylized approach, how someone in the 2010s would have a romanticized view of this time period. Amusing to see Rufus Sewell in another similar role.
Had this been presented in black and white I may have enjoyed it more but it is a good viewing simply to see a group of attractive people delivering snappy Dashiell Hammett-esque dialogue.
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