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There is nothing more exciting than collective creations. When a synergistic process leads to a variety of points of view, a new take on the same concept from different perspectives. When 2+2 makes 5.

In filmmaking they are called anthologies: multiple directors writing multiple stories in the same city/location. One of these is the fictional Hotel Mon Signor, from the film Four Rooms.
On New Year’s Eve in 1995, 4 stories take literally place in 4 rooms, directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino – I mentioned it was exciting!

And to give you a teaser of the stories in these 4 rooms at Hotel Mon Signor, a creative team from Istituto Marangoni Shanghai produced a collective beauty photo-shoot, sharing the inspiration and the creative process behind it.

We could summarise it in 3 important tips for good storytelling:

Never be too literal
Give a hint of the plot without spoiling it
Don’t be afraid of the nonsense and leave room for interpretation

So, what happens in these four rooms to make this black comedy one of the most praised and most criticised of 1990s Hollywood motion pictures? (Berardinelli, ReelViews 1995/Hal Hinson, Washington Post 1995)

Check it out and try to guess!