The Million Dollar Hotel

All round it's a fascinating failure whose appeal may be slight, but there are many more original and exciting pleasures to be discovered in among its awkwardness than in a host of dumb big gun movies.

...as with most of Wenders' films, mysteries and their resolutions take a back seat to philosophical pontification.

Shot by Phedeon Papmichael in twilight tones of deep blue, the film lurches along to its own uncertain rhythms: Woozy slow-motion alternates with speedy jump-cuts and long, rapturous shots of Los Angeles.