I actually live in Chelsea and I'm always passing by Chelsea hotel. But until I saw the trailer of this film, I didn't have any idea about this incredible hotel. I've been always interested in 50s and 60s like Edie Sedgwick, Jane Birkin and Andy Warhole. I think it was very stupid of me not to realize the hotel that I always pass by was mega epic place in 50s and 60s. The film starts from introducing residents in chelsea hotel. The residents in Chelsea hotel are mostly artists. Chelsea hotel was a place for artists to explore their art freely, sometimes they didn't even pay rents for 6 months to 1 year. Sometimes they pay by their arts. Chelsea hotel was a place for artists and artists loved to stay there until old manager Stanley Bard forced out in an ugly corporate dispute.
I have to say film wasn't one of the best organized clean cut documentary but it had its own eccentric feeling (It had some bad acting and some weirdly long interview with a man talking about his experience in Vietnam War). The documentary itself was Chelsea Hotel. Mix with everything, mix with people, atmosphere, people that you will never really thought i would've be mixed. Even though it was very confusing in some moments, it had romantic aura and sadness in the end. By saying good bye to Chelsea hotel for artists.
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