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Closed Caption; Making-of Documentary; Web Shorts; Phote Gallery; Original Theatrical Trailer
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1. Main Title/Dinner [7:02]
2. Cast & Crew Assemble [10:51]
3. Around Venice [4:32]
4. Day One [7:57]
5. Assassins [7:04]
6. Behind Closed Doors [11:22]
7. Taps [3:00]
8. The Lights Are On [5:10]
9. New Direction [4:52]
10. Invisible Woman [5:22]
11. In the Moment [4:30]
12. Window to the Soul [4:12]
13. Bitches [4:45]
14. Discovery [2:51]
15. Cursed [4:25]
16. Deeds of Darkness [:43]
17. Conventional Love [4:26]
18. Old Friends [5:09]
19. Last Supper [2:36]
20. Trick/End Credits [5:03]
Following up on his innovative work Timecode, which featured four stories being told in real time simultaneously, Mike Figgis returns to a modified form of his technique in this film about the tourists, the prostitutes, the tour guides, a killer, and a film crew who frequent the Hungarian Palace Hotel in Venice, Italy. A corrupt Eastern European politician and his moll are visiting the city to complete a shady business deal while Sophie is a high-priced call girl who makes an office in one of the hotel's suites. The film crew is attempting to shoot a Dogma 95-style adaptation of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi only to run into one problem after another. Magic is a professional assassin with a very odd kink -- he must have sex immediately after completing a job. Quintus, who abandoned his attempts to get fame and fortune as an actor, is a tour guide with an unusual secret. And then there is maid who not only has the skeleton key to the hotel, but also a habit of snooping. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide