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Hal Hartley
Mark L. Berrettini
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Description for Hal Hartley
Paperback. Examining a director whose work shrewdly eschews cinematic realism Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 136 pages, 21 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Since the late 1980s, Hal Hartley has challenged standards of realist narrative cinema with daring narrative constructions, character development, and the creation of an unconventional visual world. In this pioneering critical overview of his work and its cultural-historical context, Mark L. Berrettini discusses seven of Hartley's feature films, including The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men, Amateur, Henry Fool, Fay Grim, and The Book of Life. Drawing on journalism, theories of representation, narrative and genre, and cinema history, Berrettini discusses the absurdist-comedic representation of serious themes in Hartley's films: impossible love, coincidence and human relations, extreme isolation, and the restrictions posed by ... Read more
Since the late 1980s, Hal Hartley has challenged standards of realist narrative cinema with daring narrative constructions, character development, and the creation of an unconventional visual world. In this pioneering critical overview of his work and its cultural-historical context, Mark L. Berrettini discusses seven of Hartley's feature films, including The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men, Amateur, Henry Fool, Fay Grim, and The Book of Life. Drawing on journalism, theories of representation, narrative and genre, and cinema history, Berrettini discusses the absurdist-comedic representation of serious themes in Hartley's films: impossible love, coincidence and human relations, extreme isolation, and the restrictions posed by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Contemporary Film Directors
Condition
New
Weight
191 g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077913
SKU
V9780252077913
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About Mark L. Berrettini
Mark L. Berrettini is an assistant professor of film studies in the department of theater arts at Portland State University, where he teaches in film history, theory, genre, and screenwriting.
Reviews for Hal Hartley
"Berrettini makes a compelling, succinct argument for the importance of Hal Hartley's work and its engagement with cinematic realism. A much needed contribution to film scholarship."
J. J. Murphy, author of Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work
J. J. Murphy, author of Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work