喜剧片 · 1989 · 美国
导演：霍尔·哈特利
主演：安德林妮·夏莉 罗伯特·约翰·伯克 马特·马洛伊 凯莉·莱卡特
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career. Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.) As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisonerpenitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone (I'm a mechanic), yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played. The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . You need a woman not a girl) is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly arty and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual am notare too argument). Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the unbelievable truth of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
剧情片 · 1992 · 其它
导演：霍尔·哈特利
主演：罗伯特·约翰·伯克 比尔·萨奇 凯伦·西拉斯 埃琳娜·勒文松 马丁·唐文 Mark Chandler Bailey Chris Cooke Jeffrey Howard 霍莉·玛丽·库姆斯 乔·史蒂文斯 达米安·杨
一对兄弟长大之后决定寻找他们失踪多年的父亲，他在六十年代曾经是激进的无政府主义者，因参加布鲁克林的游击队准备向五角大厦丢炸弹而被通缉，因而离家逃亡。两兄弟根据线索找到一间旅馆，在那里投宿等候，不料女老板患有精神病的前夫出狱回来使情况变得复杂，而一名神秘的外国女子也设法阻止他们找到父亲。 1992年戛纳电影节提名金棕榈奖 1993年美国独立精神奖提名最佳女配角
剧情片 · 2014 · 美国
导演：霍尔·哈特利
主演：奥布瑞·普拉扎 帕克·波西 连姆·艾肯 罗伯特·约翰·伯克 马丁·唐文 比尔·萨奇 詹姆斯·乌尔班尼亚克 洛伊德·考夫曼 吉娅 克罗瓦丁 凯伦·西拉斯 杰弗森·梅斯 克里斯蒂娜·鲁纳 John Conlee 鲍勃·拜因顿 迈克尔·温·古查多 汤姆斯·杰·瑞恩 乔丹·西奥多 马克·达蒙·约翰逊 Andrew Weems
《内德的步枪》是三部曲的最终章，前两部分别是《傻子亨利》(Henry Fool)和《国家密码》(Fay Grim)，为以另类眼光看美国社会的边缘提供了一个恰到好处的结尾。 在这部电影中，Henry（Thomas Jay Ryan 饰，《傻子亨利》片中角色）和Fay（Parker Posey 饰，《国家密码》片中角色）也出现了，但他们变成了一幅画像，慈爱地看着他们的儿子Ned，Ned今年十八岁，最近才刚从证人保护计划中释放。尽管基督教徒从他的养父-一个教堂牧师手中接过他抚养，但Ned还是设定了报仇的目标：杀死他的父亲，因为那个人毁了他母亲的生活。当这个严肃又端庄的年轻人开始他的复仇之旅，他很快就发现自己进入了典型的哈特利式的异端分子的团伙中……
喜剧片 · 1990 · 英国
导演：霍尔·哈特利
主演：安德林妮·夏莉 马丁·唐文 Rebecca Nelson John MacKay 埃迪·法可 Gary Sauer 马特·马洛伊 Suzanne Costollos Jeff Howard 凯伦·西拉斯 汤姆·森 汉娜·沙利文 Marko Hunt Kathryn Mederos 比尔·萨奇 Julie Kessler Pamela Stewart
1991年法国杜维尔电影节观众奖 1991年圣丹斯电影节荧幕特别奖 1991年圣保罗国际电影节观众奖 高中辍学生玛利亚告诉家人自己怀孕后，父亲倒毙地上，母亲把她踢出家门，男朋友弃她而去。于是她孤零零一个人无家可归。此时她遇上马修。他是个修理电子器械很有天分的高中毕业生，但他有个原则：质量至上，这使得他每份工作都做不长久。当玛利亚接受了马修的帮助，他们便展开一段令彼此发生转变的关系…… When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend dumps her, so Maria is left alone and homeless. This is when she meets Matthew Slaughter. Matthew is an educated high school graduate with a great talent for fixing electronic devices, but he can't hang on to a job because of his principled attitude towards quality. When Maria accepts Matthew's offer to help her, they begin to form a relationship with each other in which both of them begin to change.
剧情片 · 1992 · 美国
导演：霍尔·哈特利
主演：马丁·唐文 马特·马洛伊 Rebecca Nelson Julie Kessler Mary B. Ward Thomas J. Edwards George Feaster Lisa Gorlitsky Emily Kunstler John MacKay 詹姆斯·迈克尔·麦考利 Vincent Rutherford Gary Sauer 斯蒂文·沙博 汉娜·沙利文
Jude, a college literature professor, falls for one of his students. She is more interested in the empirical experience of a relationship with a man whose life is ruled by the themes of the Russian Lit. he extolls in class. Jude shows an interesting side of the stigmas associated with transgenerational relationships and how to deal with the inevitable pain of a love doomed to failure.