Hotell E (1992)
3/10
For the art house, not for general viewing...
10 September 2009
This Estonian animated film is the sort of thing you might expect to see in some art house or in an artsy animation exhibit or festival. That's because it has no sort of narrative that the ordinary person could understand (without drugs) and the art style is very odd-putting for many out there. While I can respect the effort and various styles they used, this film just isn't very pleasant and is way too surreal and bizarre for my tastes.

The film consists of separate sections identified as Prologue 1 and 2 as well as the film itself. Aside from an interesting recreation of the Last Supper, I didn't get much from the prologues. As for the rest of the film, it also is divided into two worlds--with very different animation. One is very early 1970s pop art (sort of like it was inspired by Leroy Nieman). It's bright and garish and a bit ugly. The other section is very, very dark and surreal. It's depressing to see because of the colors and there are sure a lot of bugs. As to what's happening and why, I am at a total loss.

Overall, this made my brain hurt.
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