tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33415680.post115863521714542865..comments2023-09-26T15:52:33.786+05:30Comments on Movies that make you think: 13. German director Wim Wender's US film "The Million Dollar Hotel" (2000): Stamp of a mature directorJugu Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168705724665556320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33415680.post-82997849822227967142013-01-30T08:24:47.776+05:302013-01-30T08:24:47.776+05:30Matt,
I find it interesting to compare the German...Matt,<br /><br />I find it interesting to compare the German directors Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog making movies in USA that are extensions of their earlier cinema in their homeland with the Australian filmmakers Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford who moved to USA and remain filmmakers in USA only to make movies that are quite different from the fascinating cinema they made in their homeland and established their names. Jugu Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168705724665556320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33415680.post-71348553766829527782013-01-30T00:48:08.077+05:302013-01-30T00:48:08.077+05:30As a long time U2 fan, I actually saw this film be...As a long time U2 fan, I actually saw this film because I had heard for years Bono had written a story called "The Million Dollar Hotel," and had been hoping it would eventually get made into a film.<br /><br />And as a U2 fan, I found many things in it (a treasure trove as you might say) that someone who has followed U2 themes and lyrics would pick up on. <br /><br />Everyone watches the little tv monitor while on set, while everything thats happening is RIGHT in front of them. But everything is always more interesting on television. Just one quick example.<br /><br />Not to mix genres. But Bono's stamp on the story is felt. And yet it is a Wenders film through and through. I am glad my fandom for one artist helped me to discover another. <br /><br />And it is not without humor. The man who thinks he wrote all the music of the Beatle's when singing "I Am The Walrus" and gets to a line and says "I dont know WHAT I was thinking with that line." Very funny.<br /><br />Glad to see you appreciate it as well. I feel it is an underrated film. mick97https://www.blogger.com/profile/14818343842231086664noreply@blogger.com