Hal Hartley is one of the best-known independent US writer-directors, and owns one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary American cinema. The screenplays brought together in this volume - Simple Men & Trust...more details Format:Paperback Pages:432
Flirt is a simple story of love and loss told three times in three different cities. The first story is set in New York. The subsequent two - set in Berlin and Tokyo - seemingly use the same situations and dialogue, but by subtle shifts of emphasis the film evolves from the turbulence of America to the benign calm of Japan.
The crisis in each story is precipitated by the indecisiveness of the main character; his or her need for reassurance that their love will hold steadfast - that there is a future for their love - leads them to flirt with disaster.
This volume also contains an extended prose piece in which Hal Hartley discusses his work.
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Hal Hartley
ISBN:9780571195190
Henry Fool is set in an apparently settled suburban community whose underlying tensions come bursting to the surface with the arrival of a stranger in town - Henry Fool. An unshaven embodiment of the Life Force, Henry insinuates himself into the family of a garbage man named Simon and changes their lives irrevocably. Poetic, bawdy, contemplative, often side-wrenchingly funny and finally quite touching, Henry Fool displays Hal Hartley's talent working at its peak. Pages:192