Hostelling International - San Francisco - wish u were here

What happens when a director recruits his ex-girlfriend for a video gig, and pays her in donuts? A very, umm... unique sort of promo for Hostelling International's three San Francisco hostels.

CREDITS: Danny Plotnick, director. KC Smith, cinematography. Jim Granato, 2nd camera. Miles Montalbano, grip & sound. Written by Stuart Bousel. Starring: Rana Weber as The Host, Michael Cassidy as The Director, Jenni Gebhardt as The Staff Person, Jim Granato as The Camera Guy, Monica Bhat Nagar, GB Blackmon III, Stuart Bousel, Josh Greene, Nick Hanna, Julia Heitner, Jason Hirsch, Jennifer Liu, Jeffrey Daniel Parry. Music: Jeffrey Cobb, Ed Hartman, Jonathan Richman. Illustrations by Michael Wertz. Animation by Danny Plotnick & Jeremy Troy. Produced by Molly Mitoma.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• comedy
• travel
• san
• francisco
• hostel
• hotel
• hostelling
• international
• tourist
• tourism
• directing
• disaster
• fail
• director
• filmmaker
• filmmaking
• sf

[StuartBousel]

@GrandgoreFitzmonster: Well, as the guy who wrote it, it's always comforting to know that what you do creates a response in people, good or bad. Glad it gave you so much to think about!

[Kevins93cobra]

@GrandgoreFitzmonster blah, blah, blah, someone sure can't take a joke.

[GrandgoreFitzmonster]

This video is extraordinarily problematic. I can't imagine that anyone would want to stay at a hostel that is so filled with frequent occurrences of sexism, racism, and generally terrible acting.

Whoever wrote this... rather, whoever OK-ed the financing and release of this reprehensible production should be fed to the wolves.

[SFRWood]

Cute. That hostel I stayed at in Daytona specialized in drunks, and the one near the Florida-Georgia border was hippie central, but San Francisco's hostels seem to have mostly normal people, I guess. Oh, and Key West had a lot of drunk Australians, but that's to be expected.

[nymowae]

Should people from LA and people from Canada hang out?

[StuartBousel]

I think he knows the really cool script writer. ;)

[ArcaRicky]

Who's that awesome Canadian?

[HIPigeonPointLight]

So funny!

[meghanekane]

An excellent video, funny, quirky and informative! The hostels look great, too!

[silence480]

very clever script :D