Experiencing Interruptions?
Password

Hostel Hollywood

Shot entirely in first person POV, “Hostel Hollywood” allows the audience to experience the advent of an actor’s career in all its rawness and humiliation--the camera angles creating a video game-like virtual reality through the eyes of the story's protagonist, Clark, who momentarily escapes his privileged life and domineering wife to pursue greatness--only to find himself and his new friends living in an "artists" hostel, and costumed as Tom Cruise, Mr. T, Charlie Chaplin, and Marilyn Monroe, to feed their dreams and depravities with money pried from gullible tourists along the Walk of Fame.

  • Alexander Clarke Carver
    Director
  • Alexander Clarke Carver
    Writer
    The Other Us
  • Alexander Clarke Carver
    Producer
    40-Love
  • Ben Hausdorff
    Producer
  • Julia Rae
    Key Cast
    "Brittany"
    Playing Through
  • Jamie Pierce
    Key Cast
    "Jake Warsaw"
  • Teddy Larsen
    Key Cast
    "Teddy"
  • Angela Lin
    Key Cast
    "Bibi"
  • Reggie Luck
    Key Cast
    "Marcus"
  • Project Type:
    Television
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 24, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alexander Clarke Carver

PROFESSIONAL WRITING EXPERIENCE:

NOVELS:
O Jackie!
-J. New Books Publishers. Distributed by Ingram.
O Hemingway!
-J. New Books Publishers. Distributed by Ingram

SHORT STORIES:
Chasing Tales – story collection (soon to be released)
-J. New Books Publishers.
-Award winning short story writer: Razor Magazine (“Uber Trouble”). My stories have also been published in such print and online magazines as: ZYZZYVA, Dark Matter, Foliate Oak, The Writing Disorder, The Satirist, The Southern Pacific Review, Write Out, and J. New Books.

SCREENWRITER/PRODUCER:
Love-40
-Blue Water Lane Production (currently in production).
Holidazed
-Blue Water Lane Productions (Pre-production). Currently under contract with Blue Water Lane Productions as a screenwriter for ongoing feature length scripts.
Hostel Hollywood - Pilot
-Writer, Executive Producer
The Other Us and Hidden Talent
-Short films.

PLAYS:
Naked Yoga
-Unknown Theater, Los Angeles.
Let’s Talk About Sex, Religion, & Politics!
-Promenade Playhouse, Los Angeles.

SKILLS:
-The Jesse Owens of writers, who can write a good novel, short story, play, screenplay, teleplay, song, poem, and essay. I’m not sure what a haiku is, but I’m sure I could write one...

EDUCATION:
-Bachelor of Arts, Dramatic Arts and Literature. Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

In creating "Hostel Hollywood" my conviction was that the POV (executed with a rigged camera helmet and "follow focus") would add layers of comedy to the storytelling by letting the audience see what Clark sees, hear his inner thoughts, feel his emotional and physical reactions, touch who and what he touches, and consume what he consumes--food, alcohol, and a lot of drugs! All five senses fully displayed and in concert with the viewer. And when you watch the footage, I think you'll see that conviction proved to be true. Our tagline: "Ya gotta see it to believe it."