as hal hartley comes up from time to time, thought i'd give my impressions of his latest film. in a nutshell, it's brilliant. i could talk about the framing and the angles and make comparisons to ozu or whatnot, but that's not the really important part and i know it. i won't give you a plot summary as i knew nothing about the film before i went in, other than the maker and cast, and wouldn't want to sell any of the rest of you short on that experience. but it's a movie that toys with *real* friendship, not the huggy movie kind, but the one where you love and need people cause there are these inexplicable ties that go beyond obvious similarities. and right and wrong and genuis and faith. there's something about hal hartley's... whatever it is that he has... that makes it feel real and like a fairytale. as if instead of writing a poem, he found a poem and tried to create the reality that inspired the writer. i dunno when it will be overseas, it just showed up in portland a couple of weeks ago. but i've seen probably three fourths of the movies released this summer, majors and independents, and this is one of the two best. xox megan +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+