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Cinematheque Ontario - Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 9:45pm
Location: Jackman Hall
David Weaver’s ambitious debut feature, the decades-spanning Century Hotel, takes place in a single hotel room and follows a disparate group of characters from different time periods: an egomaniacal drugged-out rock star (Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace), a lovelorn would-be poet (Feore) searching for his errant wife, a mail-order bride (Sandrine Holt) waiting to meet her husband, and a businessman and a prostitute (Kirshner) who agree to meet on a yearly basis. Creating a “visually and atmospherically rich world” (Toronto Sun), the film shuttles expertly from the Twenties to present day, never lessening the emotional impact of each tale. (Some, in fact, go in entirely unpredictable directions.) The setting, as much a character as any of the people in the film, signals seismic cultural shifts, from prosperity and excess to depression and wholesale uncertainty. Century Hotel functions as a secret history of the 20th century. Special thanks to TVA Films for this screening.
This screening will be preceded by a series of tributes to Jim Murphy (both live and videotaped, courtesy of friend and filmmaker Dawn Kuisma) made by Jim’s friends and colleagues… [Full Story]
