Surviving Desire
Surviving Desire (1992) deals with the intelligentsia, and the inherent problems of a relationship between an older man and a younger woman. However, Hartley’s older man, Jude (Martin Donovan), isn’t so… Read more »
Tag: Hal Hartley
The Unbelievable Truth
When Hal Hartley first emerged on the American Independent Film scene with The Unbelievable Truth (1989) it was like nothing else. The fusion of the literate with the plastic, his… Read more »
Henry Fool
Since his debut, Unbelievable Truth (1989), Hal Hartley has made consistently challenging films about the disruption of daily life, love and loss, emotion versus intellect, and societal outsiders. All of… Read more »
No Such Thing
This evening I watched Hartley’s 2001 offering No Such Thing. Unlike Hartley’s most popular films, which deal with relationships and quirky characters, this film was much more overtly philosophical and… Read more »
