Background
Hartley, Hal was born on November 3, 1959 in Lindenhurst, New York, United States.
( For over a decade, Hal Hartley's deadpan comedies and e...)
For over a decade, Hal Hartley's deadpan comedies and explorations of unlikely relationships of love and trust have been favorites with critics and indie film crowds alike. Gathered here in one volume for the first time are the screenplays for three of his most acclaimed films: The Unbelievable Truth, in which a young man returns home after serving time for murder; Trust, which follows a pregnant teen and the effect of her condition on her family; and Simple Men -- the film that first brought him widespread prominence -- in which two brothers go in search of their anarchist father.
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(The new film from the chronicler of modern-day love in Am...)
The new film from the chronicler of modern-day love in America. 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 fine talent at its peak.
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("Simple Men" tells the story of two brothers, thrown toge...)
"Simple Men" tells the story of two brothers, thrown together in search of their father. The pair confront their expectations of themselves and their attitudes towards women. It was premiered as part of the Official Competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. "Trust" is a provocative comedy of suburban middle America. A young woman struggles to gain a sense of her own self-worth through the discovery that it may be possible to trust another person. It won "Best Screenplay" at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival. Also contained in this book is a detailed interview with Hartley, plus a complete filmography.
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Hartley, Hal was born on November 3, 1959 in Lindenhurst, New York, United States.
Bachelor with honors in Film, State University of New York, Purchase, 1984.
Film maker, True Fiction Pictures, New York City, since 1984.
( For over a decade, Hal Hartley's deadpan comedies and e...)
("Simple Men" tells the story of two brothers, thrown toge...)
(The new film from the chronicler of modern-day love in Am...)