Article 6EXF5 The Isle Tide Hotel: like Wes Anderson directing a playable episode of Doctor Who

The Isle Tide Hotel: like Wes Anderson directing a playable episode of Doctor Who

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Lewis Packwood
from Technology | The Guardian on (#6EXF5)

Brother and sister duo Grace and Harry Chadwick have followed in the footsteps of Charlie Brooker's Bandersnatch with an interactive film about body swapping

The receptionist is standing behind the hotel desk, his back towards me. An uncomfortable moment passes as I wait for him to register my presence. He doesn't move. A giant, Father Christmas-bearded man with colourful braces appears from a side door and silently sits in a tall chair. He looks directly at me, then his eyes flick to the bell on the reception desk. I ring it.

Slowly, the receptionist turns around, revealing round, dark glasses, crooked teeth and a lined, almost cruel face. He speaks in a slow, vaguely unsettling drawl, seemingly mistaking me for someone called Miss Ray, who is apparently here for her final night". I mumble in surprise. He pauses, removing his glasses to reveal unseeing eyes. He's suspicious now, polite but threatening. He asks why I'm here. What do I tell him?

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