Although this dramatisation is very good it feels that the hotel is populated by freaks. I mean the professor has already lost his mind (or he's on day release from a mental asylum). The hotel owner bumbles his way through and the other guests act as if they've been possessed by aliens. Only the maids look and act normal
shareI found the whole thing entertaining - but for all the wrong reasons! Basically, it just seemed to be a black & white short about a guy who mumbles a lot, finds a whistle, eats a lot of sandwiches and has a bath! Hilarious!
shareI'd have to agree. I did find the last scene a bit scary/creepy but the constant mumbling and the wierd tics of the main character actually detracted from the atmospherics, imo. I'd give this a 6, at most.
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Fear not for the future; weep not for the past -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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This is the way I took it...
He mumbles to himself because he spends all of his time alone and is really not interested in others just his own philosophies. He hears others the same way as they do not interest him hence why the hotel owner seems to be "bumbling" only things that mean anything to him come in clear... eat at 8. Also, when he has the conversation about ghosts it is clear and not mumbled.
The other guests ignore him because he does not seem friendly or social and they are not really important to him at all. The maids are a bit interesting and I guess they represent some sort of order to him but he really does not pay much attention to them until they spark his interest about the other bed getting ruffled.
I felt that it was excellent and brilliantly done. I can see how some or most could get annoyed by it but I must of been in the right type of mood to really enjoy it...