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5.5/10   532 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Hal Hartley (writer)
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Plot:
A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win more
NewsDesk:
Canary at Cinequest Film Festival 19
 (From Twitch. 26 February 2009, 11:05 AM, PST)

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The oddest Harley film yet more (10 total)

Cast

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Bill Sage ... Jack
Sabrina Lloyd ... Cecile
Tatiana Abracos ... The Girl From Monday
Leo Fitzpatrick ... William
D.J. Mendel ... Abercrombie

James Urbaniak ... Funk

Juliana Francis ... Rita

Gary Wilmes ... Adjuster
David Neumann ... Soldier 1
Ryan Bronz ... Soldier 2 / Benson

Edie Falco ... Judge
Paul Urbanski ... CEO
Michael Cassidy ... Ted
Normandy Sherwood ... Emily
James Stanley ... Doc
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some nudity and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
Argentina:84 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:84 min
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Judge: You are sentenced to two years hard labor - teaching high school. more

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16 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
The oddest Harley film yet, 29 January 2005
9/10
Author: kerecsen

Being a huge fan of the films that Hartley did in the 90's, I couldn't wait to see this movie at Sundance. In fact it was one of the two movies I absolutely had to see (the other one was Mirrormask).

I can't say that I got what I expected. The movie proclaims itself to be a "Science fiction film by Hal Harley". It is neither science fiction (unless you count Kurt Vonnegut as science fiction), nor a typical Harley film. The special effects that you expect in a science fiction are nowhere to be found. In fact, big chunks of the movie aren't even in technicolor.

The whole movie is shot with very long exposure times and frame rates reaching down to 5-10 fps, leading to a totally dreamlike look.

But enough about technicalities... 'As I said the movie was a surprise but a very pleasant one. Harley uses his favorite themes of alienation (this time with actual aliens) and random, but very deep personal connections. He paints a weird but very familiar world of people treating sex as a means to getting what they want -- but with a quite interesting twist. Other current subjects, like civil liberties (ie: the lack thereof) and teenage crime are also treated to a round of deep black, dripping irony.

All in all I would recommend the movie, but not as a mindless Friday-night excursion. I give it an A.

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