Hotel New York

This is the final version of “New York” shown by Jackie Raynal in 1980 as a work-in-progress. It is the story of Loulou Blanchot, a French filmmaker who decides to live in New York after having been invited to show one of her films there. Loulou begins to get acquainted with the city and gets a job as an editor for a porno film company.

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Credits

director

Jackie Raynal

production company

Zanzibar Productions

Duration

00:54:13:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016540

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.)

Comedy

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - United States

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Places → New York (N.Y.)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1984

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