 The films story was conceived by and the film produced by  Bono (qv), the lead singer of U2. (U2 have contributed songs to  all Wim Wenders (qv) films since  _Until the End of the World (1991)_ (qv)). The band makes a brief  cameo appearance in the hotels lobby. The hotel is an actual hotel  in L.A. and Bono was inspired to come up with the idea for the film  after the group shot the video for the song "Where the Streets Have  No Name" there in the mid