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Still Lives Exhibition

gdziekolwiek — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:57:24 -0400

The Gallery at Skink Ink Editions announces an exhibition of film stills from the movies of Hal Hartley

Exhibition dates: Mar 9th - Apr 29th, 2013

“Hal Hartley is an acclaimed film-maker who makes highly regarded independent movies and the stills that come from these are literally iconic. Not only portraying real life screen icons like Parker Posey, Martin Donovan & Adrienne Shelly but referent to and containing in a more complete moment, the bigger stories from both on and off screen. The stills encapsulate all of the themes of the larger story—love and death, alienation, crimes of passion—and they serve as a trigger to memory especially for those familiar with the original work. They are signifiers of things that we already know, stories we have already heard, symbols of the bigger picture used to evoke and reawaken memory. This is the true meaning of ‘icon’ as short hand for something far more complex than any one image could convey.

Skink Ink Editions is delighted and honored to present a show of stills from Hal’s movies, 30 in all that will be exhibited in the gallery as prints and will form the basis for an edition that we will be presenting for sale.”

Trust Re-Release Interview

gdziekolwiek — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:57:00 -0400

Trust Re-Release Interview:

“We are proud to announce the much-anticipated re-release of Hal’s beloved classic Trust on DVD & Blu-ray from Olive Films. Remastered in stunning HD from the original negative under Hal’s direct supervision, the film that won Hartley a Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival is finally available once more to eager audiences. Here’s what Hal had to say 22 years later.”

Martin Donovan as Jesus in The Book of Life

gdziekolwiek — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:56:32 -0400

Martin Donovan as Jesus in The Book of Life

From Hal Hartley’s zine, The Heart is a Muscle.

gdziekolwiek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:34:21 -0500

From Hal Hartley’s zine, The Heart is a Muscle.

Hal Hartley

gdziekolwiek — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:59:17 -0500

Hal Hartley

Trust (1989)

gdziekolwiek — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:49:20 -0500

Trust (1989)

Robert John Burke in “No Such Thing”

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:39:12 -0500

Robert John Burke in “No Such Thing”

Sarah Polley in “No Such Thing”

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:15:05 -0500

Sarah Polley in “No Such Thing”

"The Monster: [sighs] Beatrice: What are you thinking about? The Monster: [after a long pause]..."

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:57 -0500

“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)

No Such Thing (2001)

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:46 -0500

No Such Thing (2001)

Reheating Hal Hartley, The Guardian

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:42 -0500

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."

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:39 -0500

“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, ...

gdziekolwiek — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:14:32 -0500

Sabrina Lloyd as Cecile in Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday, 2005

"Jack: It’s such a long way down, it’s strange. The word becomes - flesh? The body..."

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:45:29 -0500

“Jack: It’s such a long way down, it’s strange. The word becomes - flesh? The body remains… what? She had traveled light years to get here. And in the vaporous fields of her home star no one had bodies, or names, or identity. A living thought or feeling, stretching out in all directions. Not measured but desired, elegant. But here, in the flesh, the revolution had come.”

- First lines in The Girl from Monday (2005)

Normandy Sherwood (center) as Emily in Hal Hartley’s The Girl...

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:38:12 -0500

Normandy Sherwood (center) as Emily in Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday, 2005

A scene from The Girl From Monday.

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:36:50 -0500

A scene from The Girl From Monday.

James Urbaniak as Simon Grim beneath the all-Seeing gaze of...

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:31:47 -0500

James Urbaniak as Simon Grim beneath the all-Seeing gaze of Ataturk in Hal Hartley’s “Fay Grim”, 2006

Hal Hartley: “Making a film is not that mysterious,”...

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:24:04 -0500

Hal Hartley: “Making a film is not that mysterious,” he says. “There’s a lot to think about, but it’s a large process made up of a lot of simple tasks.” (Staff photo by Stephanie Mitchell)

Independent eye: Filmmaker Hal Hartley sees things his own way

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:24:00 -0500

Independent eye: Filmmaker Hal Hartley sees things his own way:

To reach Hal Hartley’s office, you must descend into the basement of Sever Hall and wend your way through a maze of low-ceilinged corridors, stopping in momentary perplexity at restroom doors and emergency exits until you find yourself in the warren of rooms that houses the filmmaking faculty of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES).

It seems an appropriate prelude to an encounter with this independent filmmaker who has such a knack for portraying everyday environments in a way that makes them seem strange, disconcerting, and, at times, hauntingly beautiful.

“You know within three or four minutes of watching any of his films that it’s a Hal Hartley film,” says Bruce Jenkins, curator of the Harvard Film Archive. “He’s one of the most interesting and important contemporary practitioners, and I think he brings a very contemporary and very American approach to filmmaking.”

Jeff Goldblum in Fay Grim

gdziekolwiek — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:23:58 -0500

Jeff Goldblum in Fay Grim