The Decay of Fiction
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2006
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  • Summary: An experimental film in the truest sense, The Decay of Fiction makes use of two traditional cinematic practices in juxtaposition. The film is first a journey through a historic hotel in Los Angeles, empty and awaiting demolition. Within these spaces will be set a series of dramatic encounters with characters who might all have been present in this building at the same time. (Anthology Film Archives)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    88
    An acid trip of a movie about a piece of Los Angeles history that exists no more: the Ambassador Hotel.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    If there were more experimental films as entertaining as The Decay of Fiction, Pat O’Neill's luminous Hollywood ghost story, the notion of a thriving avant-garde cinema might not be so intimidating to the moviegoing public.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    The Decay of Fiction is less a narrative than a monument. In its abstract movie-ness, this 74-minute carnival of souls exudes a wistful longing to connect, not so much with Hollywood history as with the history of that history.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    60
    The attention given to constructing each shot makes for a hypnotic visual experience, while lack of a progressive narrative telescopes film's running time into infinity.

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