:hotel chelsea in culture
FilmsThe hotel was used for location shooting onThe Chelsea Girls (1966) by Andy Warhol, in which the Superstars have rolesSid & Nancy (1986) by Alex CoxThe Professional (1994) by Luc BessonMidnight In Chelsea (1997) directed by Mark Pellington, a video to a track from the 1997 Jon Bon Jovi solo album Destination AnywhereChelsea Walls (2001) by Ethan HawkePie in the Sky the Brigid Berlin Story (2002) features a reunion between former resident Brigid Berlin and the artist Richard Bernstein at the Hotel.The Interpreter (2005)Several survivors of the Titanic stayed for some time in this hotel as it is a short distance from Pier 54 where the Titanic was supposed to novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey were written by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick during their stay at the of an episode of the 1973 PBS reality television series An American Family was filmed at the Hotel Chelsea, as family member Lance Loud was staying there at the time.MusicThe hotel is also featured in numerous songs, including:"Chelsea Morning" by Joni Mitchell (Chelsea Clinton is named after the song and, vicariously, the hotel)"Hotel Chelsea Nights" by Ryan Adams from Love Is Hell pt. 2 and Love Is Hell"Chelsea Hotel #2" by Leonard Cohen from New Skin for the Old Ceremony (about sex with Janis Joplin)"Sara" by Bob Dylan (as the location where Dylan wrote his epic "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands")"Sex with Sun-RA" by Coil"Chelsea Hotel" by Dan Bern"Dear Abbey" by Kinky Friedman"Chelsea Burns" and "Song to Alice" by Keren Ann"Chelsea Girl" by Nico"Midnight in Chelsea" by Jon Bon Jovi (the hotel is featured in the song's video, but the song itself is about the London neighborhood of the same name)"Ghosts" by Lisa Bastoni"Hi-Fi Popcorn" by The Revs"The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song" by Jeffrey Lewis (references Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2")"Third Week in the Chelsea" by Jefferson Airplane"We Will Fall" by The Stooges"Crow" by Jim Carroll BandBooksChelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel by Dee Dee Ramone ISBN 1-560-25304-5Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell ISBN 0-743-20540-5Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose ISBN 1-900-48660-1
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