can we talk about hal hartley?

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I kiss you for thinking Henry Fool was abysmal. I couldn't get through it.

I liked The Book Of Life well enough, especially the soundtrack, but I wouldn't want to watch it again. And the Yo La Tengo video he did was rather nice.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 22 August 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Henry Fool was great but the last 30 minutes coulda been lopped off.

The best Hartley is and always will be Trust, which is one of my favorite films.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 22 August 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I think I'm starting to identify the specific tendencies that the pinefox dislikes in many modern independent films.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Thank you.

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

I saw Flirt the other night!

Anyone like it?

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Flirt's the same story told three different times in three different places, right? Yeah that's probably my favorite Hartley (maybe Trust.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 1 December 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Handful of announcements on the HH site.

Hal's next movie is Fay Grim, a sequel to Henry Fool. The Girl from Monday is available for DVD pre-order, only $12.95 (plus s&h and tax if you're in California). General DVD sale happening, too. Plus, the lucky Aussies get Trust on DVD.

I'm going to have to get an all-region player.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

i saw girl from monday on tour. it was cute and pretty, but it rilly highlighted for me the total ineptness of hal hartley in dealing with female characters. i think i asked him a question about the music he composed and he gave some very fascinating answer about how he discovered polyphony like last year and it changed him or such.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 16 December 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link

The Girl From Monday was pretty weak IMO.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link

it thankfully was nowhere near the crude politico-satire it was billed as, however. more like that was all backdrop to the real story, which was about ppl. being fucked up and stuff. hartley gets irritating when he does high-concept in general tho. i mean.. Flirt.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 17 December 2005 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link

In Soviet Russia, Hal Hartley talks about YOU!

― Yakov Smirnoff, Saturday, 17 December 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

R.I.P Adrienne Shelly

so sad :(

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0,,1942286,00.html

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:03 (seventeen years ago) link

meant to post this on ILE

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link

In brighter news, a sequel to Henry Fool is in the works, strangely enough.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, no!

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 9 November 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I believe s1ocki saw, and hated. Stars Parker Posey.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 November 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

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