I havent seen the movie in years but I remember how the pictures on the wall was aranged. It was so modern and I think there was a huge window the kind that artist have ... I so wanted a place like that
shareThere was a style in Hollywood, a character that was supposed to be cool, hip or avant garde had a loft like apartment with the large angled window. The squares always had tasetfully decorated apartments or homes with classic moulding and other touches.
Just like the fussbudgets always had a bow tie and the homosexuals always wore a scarf. ;-)
Laugh out loud at your comment about the fussbudgets with bow ties and homosexuals with scarf (ascot).
shareIt was late 60s Hollywood. I am surprise he could afford the rentals.
Its that man again!!
Amazing that Taylor's Character only made $200 a week, and could afford a place like that! Such a place in the French Quarter of New Orleans today, would easily sell for 4 or 5 Million Dollars.
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Sorry, to contradict you but I just viewed "Hotel" last night. Rod Taylor's character, hotel manager, Peter McDermott, earned $400.
I was curious as to what that meant in today's $$ (2013) - this what I found:
The historic standard of living* value of $400 is $2,790
The economic status value** of $400 is $4,900
The economic power value*** of $400 is $7,800
* Historic Standard of Living measures the purchasing power of an income or wealth in its relative ability to purchase a (fixed over time) bundle of goods and services such as food, shelter, clothing, etc., that an average household would buy. This bundle does not change over time. This measure uses the CPI.
** Economic Status measures the relative "prestige value" of an amount of income or wealth between two periods using the income index of the per-capita GDP.
*** Economic Power measures the amount of income or wealth relative to the total output of the economy. When compared to other incomes or wealth, it shows the relative "influence" of the owner of this income or wealth has in controlling the composition or total-amount of production in the economy. This measure uses the share of GDP.
Source: http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare
200.00 a week than would be about seventy seven thousand dollars a year in today's wages. Not a millionaire but not bad wages.
shareWasn't the apartment part of his compensation package since he was on call 24/7?
shareThat was his own apartment. The hotel provided him a room as part of his salary, but he rarely used it. This was mentioned in the novel. but I don't remember if it was also in the film.
shareYes, this sort of thing came up on another thread. He's not over-explicit, but he tells Jeanne that he has a hotel room and he has his own apartment he rarely uses (because he's on call 24/7). And yes, his apartment is interesting in that the interior design differs so markedly from what we see at the hotel.🐭
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