Hal Hartley (Pocket Essentials)

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Summary: The Unbelievable Truth!
Review: Concise and intelligent guide to one of America's most consistently entertaining and illuminating contemporary directors. Giving equal focus to Hartley's features and shorts - a format the director holds in high regard for offering the potential to experiment and freedom from the tyranny of narrative convention - the author competently highlights Hartley's recurring formal and thematic preoccupations. Some of the thoughts on the individual titles are a little subjective and a mistake occurs in reference to the name of a central character in Henry Fool, bit overall this is a strong introduction to Hartley's work.