'' Chelsea on the Rocks '' is a documentary film directed by Abel Ferrara about the Hotel Chelsea . It premiered out of competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival . The film features Ferrara interviewing people who have and had lived at the hotel , intercut with dramatized footage of some famous events that took place there . During the film 's interviews and docudrama Gaby Hoffmann , Dennis Hopper , Robert Crumb , Adam Goldberg and Bijou Phillips make appearances
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
Chelsea on the Rocks