From Hal Hartley’s zine, The Heart is a Muscle.
Robert John Burke in “No Such Thing”
Sarah Polley in “No Such Thing”
The Monster: [sighs]
Beatrice: What are you thinking about?
The Monster: [after a long pause] Nobody’s afraid of me any more.
Beatrice: [She pats his back and rests her head on his shoulder] I’m afraid of you.
No Such Thing (2001)
Reheating Hal Hartley, The Guardian ›
He started his career with a hot streak that made him the king of US indie movies. Then life got cold. Can Hal Hartley come back? By Ryan Gilbey
What happened to Hal Hartley? The question hangs in the air from the moment I sit down with the writer-director and one-time flag bearer for US independent cinema. With his floppy hair, his thin, angular face and his perpetually amused eyes, he has the look of a man who is forever finishing off a PhD. But the world has moved on. Hartley is 47. We are in Berlin, which he has called home since he left New York 18 months ago. And, as he readily admits, he is hardly the draw he once was.
Judge: You are sentenced to two years hard labor - teaching high school.
The Girl from Monday (2005)
Sabrina Lloyd as Cecile in Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday, 2005
