Chelsea on the Rocks
2008 American film
- May 23, 2008 (2008-05-23) (Cannes)
- October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (United States)
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Chelsea on the Rocks is a documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara about the Hotel Chelsea. The film features Ferrara interviewing people who have and had lived at the hotel, intercut with dramatized footage of some famous events that took place there. During the film's interviews and docudrama Gaby Hoffmann, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, Robert Crumb, Adam Goldberg, Grace Jones, Miloš Forman, and Bijou Phillips make appearances.
The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival out of competition,[1][2] and opened in theatres on October 2, 2009.[3]
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 6.92/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Abel Ferrara's loving portrait of New York's Chelsea Hotel is less interested in telling the story of its famous residents than in exploring the magic of the place that housed so many moments in rock history".[4]
References
- ^ "Chelsea on the Rocks The Movie". www.chelseaontherocks-themovie.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Special Screenings: "Chelsea on the Rocks" by Abel Ferrara". Cannes Film Festival. May 23, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Chelsea on the Rocks". pastemagazine.com. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Chelsea on the Rocks (2009), 8 April 2014, retrieved 2019-10-11
External links
- Official website
- Chelsea on the Rocks at IMDb
- Chelsea on the Rocks at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Abel Ferrara
- 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy (1976)
- The Driller Killer (1979)
- Ms .45 (1981)
- Fear City (1984)
- The Gladiator (1986)
- China Girl (1987)
- The Loner (1988)
- Cat Chaser (1989)
- King of New York (1990)
- Bad Lieutenant (1992)
- Body Snatchers (1993)
- Dangerous Game (1993)
- The Addiction (1995)
- The Funeral (1996)
- The Blackout (1997)
- New Rose Hotel (1998)
- 'R Xmas (2001)
- Mary (2005)
- Go Go Tales (2007)
- Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
- Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009)
- 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)
- Welcome to New York (2014)
- Pasolini (2014)
- Piazza Vittorio (2017)
- Alive in France (2017)
- The Projectionist (2019)
- Tommaso (2019)
- Siberia (2020)
- Sportin' Life (2020)
- Zeros and Ones (2021)
- Padre Pio (2022)
- Turn in the Wound (2024)
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