I have never seen another film by Hal Hartley.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 3 August 2003 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 4 August 2003 04:58 (twenty years ago) link
'simple men' would be perfect if you cut out the obvious gen-x sonic youth dancing scene and maybe that part where the mechanic riffs on electric guitar.
― j fail (cenotaph), Monday, 4 August 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
I don't quite understand the critical beating No Such Thing recieved. It featured some of Hartley's lovliest images. The monlogue delivered by Robert Burke's monster late in the film in which he articulates the misery of being immortal and having to watch the miraculous evolution (and eventual devolution) of the human race was interesting.
― theodore fogelsanger, Monday, 4 August 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 4 August 2003 23:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Prude (Prude), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 01:35 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link
Part of the problem that I have with Hartley is that when I first stumbled on his films, I didn't really have as wide a knowledge of film history as I do now. I think it's harder to appreciate Hartley when you see how transparently he rips off early Godard. Also his "romanticism" (if you can call it that since it's fairly stilted) strikes me now as infantile.
― jacobo, Thursday, 7 August 2003 20:10 (twenty years ago) link
What do you mean by romanticism? What's an example? (I *think* I know what you mean.)
― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 7 August 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 18 August 2003 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 17:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Lee G (Lee G), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
Man, that is the same with me. I saw 'Amateur' at a movie series, rented it once to show to someone else and watched it a while back on the IFC. It is quite a funny movie. I really like the 'corporate' hitmen.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 19 August 2003 17:06 (twenty years ago) link
Things get even worse if we suppose that she did not have the internet at home, and had to go out to a cybercafe, library or similar outlet, while leaving the film running. She could have missed loads of it!
I am not sure that I have seen any of HH's films apart from Henry Fool, which was abysmal.
― the flickfox, Sunday, 21 August 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link
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
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
― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Wednesday, 31 August 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyone like it?
― the bellefox, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 1 December 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 16 December 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 16 December 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 17 December 2005 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yakov Smirnoff, Saturday, 17 December 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― the pinefox (the pinefox), Thursday, 9 November 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 November 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link