Hal Hartley Retrospective
SIMPLE MEN
Wednesday, August 30th at 7:30 PM
Hosted by David Schwartz
Hal Hartley’s third feature, and the bookend of his Long Island
Trilogy, follows two brothers: Dennis (Bill Sage) a quietly handsome
and bookish college student, and his older brother, Bill (Robert Burke),
is a rough-hewn ladies' man and thief. They come together to search for their
long-lost dad, a pro ballplayer-turned-terrorist, but become sidetracked after
meeting hip epileptic Elina (Elina Lowensohn) and her pretty sidekick,
Kate (Karen Sillas). Together they confront their expectations of each
other, themselves, and their attitudes towards women. (USA, 1992, 105 mins, R, English | Dir. Hal Hartley)
“Lyrically offbeat and brilliantly wacky…Hal Hartley is a filmmaker who takes us to familiar-looking yet utterly
strange places: modern cul-de-sacs where anxiety meets lassitude, honor battles
absurdity, and love tries to strike a bargain with lust.” (Michael Wilmington, The Los Angeles Times)
Additional
Screenings in the Hal Hartley Retrospective:
THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
With director
Hal Hartley in-person
35mm Screening
Friday, August 25th at 7:30 PM
TRUST
Sunday, August 27th at 2:15 PM
HENRY FOOL
35mm Screening!
Thursday, August
31st at 7:30 PM