Nightshift
It is night and, in the foyer of a small hotel, a receptionist performs her tasks, unhurried and impassive, her face ghost-white, an emotional mask. Like the camera, she gazes steadily, both silent spectator and vicarious participant in the fantasies played out by the hotel's transient guests. As the night progresses, she answers a phone, hands over a key; guests pass back and forth gradually taking on a dream-like presence. She continues to work and, when morning comes, she leaves, her nightshift over. 'NIGHTSHIFT shows what film can do if the conventional pace of narrative is slowed down and montage diminished. It is not a new idea, of course, but the way it is done here is both absorbing to look at and satisfying from the moral point of view.' (Jill Forbes, Monthly Film Bulletin)
Year: 1981
Genre: Drama
Studio: Arts Council of Great Britain
Director: Robina Rose
Cast: Pamela Rooke, Anna Rees-Mogg, Mitch Davies, Jon Jost, Max Handley, Heathcote Williams
Crew: Robina Rose (Director), Jon Jost (Cinematography), Nicola Lane (Writer), Robina Rose (Writer), Simon Jeffes (Music), Janet Revell (Editor)
Runtime: 75 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1981
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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