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1995 film by Hal Hartley

Flirt
Directed byHal Hartley
Screenplay byHal Hartley
Produced byTed Hope
Starring
CinematographyMichael Spiller
Edited by
  • Hal Hartley
  • Steve Hamilton
Music by
  • Hal Hartley
  • Jeffrey Taylor
Production
company		Good Machine
Distributed byPandora Film (Germany)
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time83 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
  • Japan

Flirt is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley and produced by Good Machine.

Introduction

The story takes place in New York, Berlin and Tokyo, with each segment using the same dialogue.

In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks he might be in love with.

In Berlin, Dwight has a similar experience with his lover, while the events that befall Miho in Tokyo take a more dramatic turn.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 11 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Film critic James Berardinelli rated the film 2.5 out of 4 stars. Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 out of 4 stars, stating that "It is more amusing to talk about than to experience." While he expresses his appreciation of the film's experimentation and its illustration of the mantra that a film is about how it's presented rather than its subject matter, he opines that it is more of an intellectual exercise than an enjoyable watch. Writing for SPIN, Michael Atkinson said that "by the third replay of the same dialogue, you're significantly less enchanted with the material than Hartley apparently is with himself."

Alison Macor of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, describing it as an "intriguing ride" and as Hartley's most ambitious film. Film critic Emanuel Levy described it as "a semi-academic treatise about the limits of narrativity," and opined that it "offers some minor rewards."

References

  1. ^ "Flirt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. Pall, Ellen (9 April 1995). "FILM; The Elusive Women Who Inhabit The Quirky Films of Hal Hartley (Published 1995)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-27.
  3. Macnab, Geoffrey (2013). FilmCraft. Producing. Swart, Sharon. Burlington, MA: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0240823744. OCLC 859154290.
  4. "Flirt (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  5. "Flirt (1995)". Metacritic.
  6. Berardinelli, James. "Reelviews Movie Reviews". Reelviews Movie Reviews. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. Ebert, Roger. "Flirt movie review & film summary (1996) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  8. LLC, SPIN Media (September 1996). SPIN. Vol. 12. SPIN Media LLC. p. 162. ISSN 0886-3032.
  9. "Movie Review: Flirt". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  10. EmanuelLevy (2006-04-30). "Flirt: Hartley's Anthology–Three Stories, One Dilemma, Three Contexts - Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 2023-11-03.

External links

Films directed by Hal Hartley


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