In Maya Duverdier and Amélie van Elmbt’s mesmerizing and immersive documentary about the Chelsea Hotel, “Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel,” the filmmakers pay tribute to the last bastion of New York bohemianism and breathe memory into the walls of this iconic building; walls that would speak volumes if they could talk.
The Chelsea Hotel has long loomed large in our collective cultural consciousness, demonstrated in a snippet of archival footage, with which the film opens, of a young Patti Smith describing how the hotel was the first place she landed in New York, declaring “I always wanted to be where the big guys were.”
To underscore the point about the “big guys” that lived within those walls, Duverdier and van Elmbt utilize a hypnotic stylistic motif throughout the film, projecting images of the celebrities who spent time at the Chelsea onto the walls, almost anthropomorphizing the ghosts, or at least the spirits,...
The Chelsea Hotel has long loomed large in our collective cultural consciousness, demonstrated in a snippet of archival footage, with which the film opens, of a young Patti Smith describing how the hotel was the first place she landed in New York, declaring “I always wanted to be where the big guys were.”
To underscore the point about the “big guys” that lived within those walls, Duverdier and van Elmbt utilize a hypnotic stylistic motif throughout the film, projecting images of the celebrities who spent time at the Chelsea onto the walls, almost anthropomorphizing the ghosts, or at least the spirits,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Katie Walsh
- The Wrap
One of the trainers on The Biggest Loser Australia has revealed that he frightens children. The Commando, whose real name is Steve Willis, said that he has tried to keep "grounded" since he first donned the signature dark glasses and combats that he wears to train contestants on the reality weight loss show. Willis told New Idea magazine: "[My fame is] more humbling than anything. I'm keeping my feet grounded and living life as I've always done." He recalled making a young girl burst into tears while having breakfast in a Sydney cafe, saying: "I saw she swapped seats with her father so she could hide her head behind this big arrangement of flowers on the table. Her father said she was a bit scared of me. But we reconciled and took a happy snap so it was all good." Wills, who has 12-year-old daughter Brianna (more)...
- 4/14/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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