Everything about Hotel Room totally explained
Hotel Room was a three episode
1993 HBO television series produced by
David Lynch (who directed two of them). Each drama takes place in the same
New York City hotel room (number 603 of the Railroad Hotel) at different times (
1969,
1992, and
1936, respectively).
Barry Gifford wrote, and
David Lynch directed, the first and third episodes;
Jay McInerney wrote, and
James Signorelli directed, the second. The series was produced by
Deepak Nayar; executive producers were
Monty Montgomery and
David Lynch. Music was by consistent Lynch collaborator,
Angelo Badalamenti.
Introduction
Each episode began with the following narration: "For a millennium the space for the hotel room existed – undefined. Mankind captured it and gave it shape and passed through. And sometimes when passing through, brushing up against the secret names of truth."
Episodes
The only consistent characters in each episode are a maid (played by
Camilla Overbye Roos) and a bellboy (played by
Clark Heathcliffe Brolly).
Episode 1: Tricks
September, 1969.
Moe arrives at the Railroad Hotel where he and a hooker named Darlene are shown to the hotel room: 603. Before Moe can act, a man from his past named Lou arrives at the room and takes control of the situation, to the detriment of Moe.
Starring
Harry Dean Stanton,
Glenne Headly, and
Freddie Jones.
Episode 2: Getting Rid of Robby
June 1992.
Sasha arrives in room 603, and receives a phone call of her friends (Tina and Diane) who are in the hall and ask to him whether they can go up. Then a great discussion begins about the future of Sasha.....Will she marry Robert? Each one emits her point of view.....then Robert comes...
Starring
Deborah Unger,
Griffin Dunne,
Chelsea Field, and
Mariska Hargitay.
Episode 3: Blackout
April 1936.
A significant power failure occurs in New York; a man (Danny) enters his room with food and finds his wife on the settee in the darkness with a hand on her eyes. The couple begin to speak and it's revealed that the woman has a mental problem because of the death of her son two years previously. A doctor shows up to see if all is well...
Starring Crispin Glover and Alicia Witt.
Book
The teleplays for the
Barry Gifford written episodes were published as a book by
University Press of Mississippi in
1995 titled
Hotel Room Trilogy: Tricks - Blackout - Mrs. Kashfi ISBN 0-87805-777-3
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