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Hal Hartley (writer)
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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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Corporation
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Suicide
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Insurance
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Beach
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The oddest Harley film yet
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Rated R for language, some nudity and brief sexuality.
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Argentina:84 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:84 min
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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.