Hal Hartley - the poll

I've included the shorts because I know that's about as much Hal as some people can take...

I'll probably never get over Trust. I miss Adrienne Shelley. :(

My list from the other Hartley thread:

Trust
Henry Fool
Flirt
Surviving Desire
Amateur
Fay Grim
Simple Men
The Book of Life
The Unbelievable Truth
The Girl From Monday
No Such Thing

Trust.

Yes, obv. Sorry, what was the question?

I mean, the only option I really clocked was Trust anyway.

I haven't seen Trust or The Unbelievable Truth, but I sorta doubt I'd change my Simple Men vote

It's Simple Men for me, followed very closely behind by Trust and the The Unbelievable Truth. I really like pretty much everything he's done though (that I've seen).

i voted henry fool for the epicness but the unbelievable truth is really good too

Rent that "unfinished films" DVD someday, that'll change quick.

Surviving Desire by a short distance, though those shorts from around that period are in competition. (I can never ride the L train without thinking about the Williamsburg real estate one, or the literalized street fights a couple shorts down the line...)

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It's going to come down to a coin toss to decide between Simple Men and Flirt.

Heads - Simple Men
Tails - Flirt

Tails - Flirt - I bet the suspense was killing the whole internet.

That coin has good taste.

I adore Flirt, but I'm never quite sure if it's just my drama geek side thrilling to the possibities of multiple stagings and interpretations. I'm not truly sure it matters in this case anyway.

wow yeah Trust. didn't know he had that many movies though

You people just haven't seen The Unbelievable Truth, have you?

henry fool ftw

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There's something really fascinating about Edie Falco in Trust -- she doesn't do the intentionally stilted Hartley acting style at all, but she still fits and works in it. Her conversation with Donovan in the bar is really great.

Ha, I also like the random placement in Trust of Hartley's favorite literal-violence trick -- i.e., Donovan randomly punching people on his way out of the job interview.

Better dance break: silent alley Broadway break in Surviving Desire, or Lowensohn in this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Yy221HYps

Simple Men

also, it is a tragedy that Martin Donovan is not mine.

he's looking a bit craggy lately – I hope Paul Rudd doesn't look like him in 15 years.

I know, look at his skin in this picture!

http://images.contactmusic.com/images/reviews/nosuchthing.jpg

The one on the left isn't bad.

That was yet another movie where we're meant to feel bad because NOOOO something painful and/or dangerous is happening to SARAH POLLEY -- in beaten-up / horrifying-spinal-surgery terms she was like the female Jared Leto for a while there.

I finally watched Henry Fool. is it mean that my ultimate feeling was "this is what Clerks would have been like if Kevin Smith went to grad school"?

Been meaning to rewatch that

the kool thing dance is so cool
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHZ4iI-AQNF