The Occidental Hotel (2014): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2014, The Occidental Hotel is a notable film directed by Lewis Klahr, running about 26 minutes.

What it’s about. “The Occidental Hotel is a “city” film—I was inspired to emulate the Surrealists’ sense of wandering, of flaneury, of the way a hotel and its rooms is a temporary resting place inhabited by many many people, a shared public/private space. I am interested in a creative geography of the city I've constructed. For instance, the front of the hotel is from Berlin, its interior was photographed in Copenhagen. The film offers the elliptical “scent” of espionage films (largely because of its Berlin locations) and offers that genre’s lubricating sense of voyeurism, danger, and sexuality. My source materials are Mexican comic-book figures, and these urban photos I snapped on my honeymoon with my wife Janie Geiser in the summer of 1996.” —Lewis Klahr

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Occidental Hotel page.