The Decay of Fiction

Name: The Decay of Fiction
Released: September 22, 2006
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 74

2006

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Release Date: September 22, 2006

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 presentAn 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

Director: Pat O'Neill

Runtime: 73 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The result is hypnotic. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

An acid trip of a movie about a piece of Los Angeles history that exists no more: the Ambassador Hotel. Read full review

Stephen Holden

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. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

O'Neill showed in his 1989 "Water and Power" a poetic feeling for human evanescence in relation to southern California locales; here he proves equally astute at showing how our sense of history becomes tainted by and entangled with Hollywood myths. Read full review

J. Hoberman

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. Read full review

Deborah Young

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. Read full review

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