Country: USA
Year: 1988
Duration: 25'
A short film about friendship, disillusionment, loathing and despair, in which the pictures of three young men talking are juxtaposed with slowmotion shots of aggressive dogs. Three young men are talking about Richie's marriage to Evelyn, which has put their friendship on the back burner. Richie explains how that could happen. "She fell for me, and they hate me for it", he says. Everyone was mad about Evelyn, but Richie makes it clear that their marriage is not exactly a bed of roses. He admits that be bluffed and lied and more or less asks his friends for forgiveness.<
Biography
film director
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley was born in 1959 and grew up in the suburbs outside New York City. He attended art school for one year (1978-79) in Boston. He attended the State University of New York at Purchase Film School from 1980 to 1984. He moved to New York City after graduation and completed three short films between then and 1988 when he made his first feature film, The Unbelievable Truth. He lives and maintains his production company, True Fiction Pictures, in New York City.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Ambition (cm, 1991), Theory of Achievement (cm, 1991), Surviving Desire (cm, 1991), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994), NYC 3/94 (video, cm, 1994), Opera (cm, 1994), Flirt (1995).
Cast
& Credits
Director and editor: Hal Hartley.
Screenplay: Hal Hartley, Steven O'Connor, Ricky Ludwig, da The Iceman Cometh di Eugene O'Neill.
Director of photography: Steven O'Connor, Hal Hartley.
Sound: Jeff Pullman.
Cast: Ricky Ludwig, Mike Brady.
Director of Production: Bob Gosse.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: True Fiction Pictures, 12 West 27th St., New York, NY 10001, tel. 2126844284, fax 2126866109.
Screenplay: Hal Hartley, Steven O'Connor, Ricky Ludwig, da The Iceman Cometh di Eugene O'Neill.
Director of photography: Steven O'Connor, Hal Hartley.
Sound: Jeff Pullman.
Cast: Ricky Ludwig, Mike Brady.
Director of Production: Bob Gosse.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: True Fiction Pictures, 12 West 27th St., New York, NY 10001, tel. 2126844284, fax 2126866109.
