The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal
Synopsis:
A mechanic just out of prison returns to the New York suburb which is home, amongst other things to his crimes, while the garage owner's daughter figures out what she wants to do with what little life remains in a world on the verge of self-annihilation.
Review:
Millennial angst meets millennial indifference and finds the perfect match in this serendipitous comedy drama. Hartley's narrative style, by now familiar to us, mingles French New Wave self-awareness with Woody Allen-style theatricality and adds an element of its own which is… harder to qualify (pared down?) The film addresses various themes of moment: the making of money as an end in itself, the acquisition of knowledge as the route to contentment, deal-making and ownership; and it does so in a humorous way, where characters confront one another with profanity or negotiation, or an inarticulate shove. Image quality and performance (the leads at least) are of high quality, and no one else seems to exist in this world except the characters in the movie, perhaps the only sign that this is low-budget film-making.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal
Synopsis:
A mechanic just out of prison returns to the New York suburb which is home, amongst other things to his crimes, while the garage owner's daughter figures out what she wants to do with what little life remains in a world on the verge of self-annihilation.
Review:
Millennial angst meets millennial indifference and finds the perfect match in this serendipitous comedy drama. Hartley's narrative style, by now familiar to us, mingles French New Wave self-awareness with Woody Allen-style theatricality and adds an element of its own which is… harder to qualify (pared down?) The film addresses various themes of moment: the making of money as an end in itself, the acquisition of knowledge as the route to contentment, deal-making and ownership; and it does so in a humorous way, where characters confront one another with profanity or negotiation, or an inarticulate shove. Image quality and performance (the leads at least) are of high quality, and no one else seems to exist in this world except the characters in the movie, perhaps the only sign that this is low-budget film-making.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Julia McNeal
Synopsis:
A mechanic just out of prison returns to the New York suburb which is home, amongst other things to his crimes, while the garage owner's daughter figures out what she wants to do with what little life remains in a world on the verge of self-annihilation.
Review:
Millennial angst meets millennial indifference and finds the perfect match in this serendipitous comedy drama. Hartley's narrative style, by now familiar to us, mingles French New Wave self-awareness with Woody Allen-style theatricality and adds an element of its own which is… harder to qualify (pared down?) The film addresses various themes of moment: the making of money as an end in itself, the acquisition of knowledge as the route to contentment, deal-making and ownership; and it does so in a humorous way, where characters confront one another with profanity or negotiation, or an inarticulate shove. Image quality and performance (the leads at least) are of high quality, and no one else seems to exist in this world except the characters in the movie, perhaps the only sign that this is low-budget film-making.