#the hotel new hampshire

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Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you.

John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

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Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe in “The Hotel New Hampshire”, 1984

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The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) Tony Richardson

March 23rd 2024

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There are several cameras in the movie "The Hotel New Hampshire" but they are difficult to see clearly enough for identification. This one however seems to be a Mamiya 6x7 Press camera. That's a young Jodie Foster in red.

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I am forever intrigued, amused and baffled at how many books with central incestuous themes and relationships Sara has publicly talked about loving and being impacted by considering your average person would probably say none. I can only guess it’s a way to feel ‘seen’ or seek understanding in regards to certain thoughts and experiences. How Tegan ties in with the New Hampshire book fixation and the bear symbolism I have no idea, did she read it, did Sara simply talk to her about it and somehow the bear came to represent something between them? It is an interesting picture, it’s so striking in Sara, but it’s such a strange thing to pick to hang in your house or tattoo on yourself given the implications.

Sara’s interest in books with incest themes really strikes me as my own interest in gay books, shows, movies etc. before I came out as gay. I imagine she feels a similar sense of recognition

I’m pretty sure Tegan has read THNH too, although I’m not sure where I would’ve heard that. I wonder if they’ve ever talked about the book, but I kinda feel like they haven’t? Like it’s just something they’re both aware of but struggle to put in words how they feel about it

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A very happy birthday to Jodie Foster!

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Franny made Susie sing…

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJRFUuLGcJ/ 

“So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. And our dreams escape us almost as vividly as we can imagine them… That’s what happens, like it or not. And because that’s what happens, this is what we need: we need a good, smart bear… Coach Bob knew it all along: you’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows.” - J. Irving (The Hotel New Hampshire; 1981) - @accidentallywesandersonexhibition at @groundseesaw

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Keep passing the open windows.

John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

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der struwelpeter, fritz genschow 1955

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the miracle worker, paul aaron 1979

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Movie Review | The Hotel New Hampshire (Richardson, 1984)

You know, when you have a cute cartoon bear on the poster, I expect some potentially quirky but ultimately wholesome comedy. I do not expect rape and incest, two things which are present in nonzero amounts in this movie. I thought I was watching a Shaun Costello porno, Jesus H. Christ. (And no, I didn’t watch this for Valentine’s Day, I started it last night but was too tired to finish until today, and as a bitter single person all I do to celebrate is mutter under my breath. And even if I did, need I remind everybody that this is a judgment free zone.)

Okay, it isn’t quite that graphic, but it’s still pretty jarring to get those things in a movie I expected to be a lot more inoffensive. I understand this is an adaptation of a novel, and perhaps the mix of dark subject matter and quirky, offbeat tone worked on the page, but it absolutely does not survive onscreen under Tony Richardson’s direction. The results, despite the best efforts of the cast, are almost aggressively irritating, jarring twists in the plot and relationships dived into without any of the necessary emotional groundwork, the movie smirking to itself instead of actually grappling with the contradictions of the material.

I must also note that the bear is not central to the proceedings and is only a supporting character, although the fact that it’s played by Nastassja Kinski offers some comfort. In fact, this might be the closest I’ve seen to onscreen representation for furries other than Pottersville, and offers a much more positive portrayal than that movie. I should also note that the scenes where Kinski makes bedroom eyes with Jodie Foster while wearing the bear suit and where ***SPOILERS*** Kinski attempts to rape Matthew Modine ***SPOILERS*** will probably do a lot for some of you. As I said above, this is a judgement free zone.

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“Keep passing the open windows.” 

― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

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Finished reading The Hotel New Hampshire yesterday.

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Richard at the Basingstoke Comic Con at The Hampshire Court Hotel in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. (May 11, 2024)

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