After the surreal little choreographic sequence in Surviving Desire proved to be one of the highlights of his career to date, Hal Hartley developed the idea of making his characters dance into this scene in Simple Men. i don’t think it works quite as well as in Surviving Desire, but, in my opinion, still represents…
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Hal Hartley – Surviving Desire A little background: Martin Donovan plays Jude, a teacher who is infatuated with one of his students. here we see him walking the streets soon after their first kiss. The other 2 guys don’t appear anywhere else in the film. Just in this parking lot. This is probably my favourite…
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Dogtooth (Kynodontas), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos This disturbing absurdist tale of family values is beautifully enhanced by a surreal little celebratory dance that morphs into an uncomfortable reworking of the choreography from Flashdance.
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