Flirt
Directed byHal Hartley
Screenplay byHal Hartley[1]
Produced byTed Hope[1]
Starring
CinematographyMichael Spiller[1]
Edited by
  • Hal Hartley
  • Steve Hamilton[1]
Music by
  • Hal Hartley
  • Jeffrey Taylor[1]
Production
company
Good Machine
Distributed byPandora Film (Germany)[1]
Running time
83 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
  • Japan[1]

Flirt is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley[2] and produced by Good Machine.[3]

Introduction

The story takes place in New York, Berlin and Tokyo, with each segment using the same dialogue.

In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks he might be in love with.

In Berlin, Dwight has a similar experience with his lover, while the events that befall Miho in Tokyo take a more dramatic turn.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 11 reviews.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

Film critic James Berardinelli rated the film 2.5 out of 4 stars.[6] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 out of 4 stars, stating that "It is more amusing to talk about than to experience." While he expresses his appreciation of the film's experimentation and its illustration of the mantra that a film is about how it's presented rather than its subject matter, he opines that it is more of an intellectual exercise than an enjoyable watch.[7] Writing for SPIN, Michael Atkinson said that "by the third replay of the same dialogue, you're significantly less enchanted with the material than Hartley apparently is with himself."[8]

Alison Macor of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, describing it as an "intriguing ride" and as Hartley's most ambitious film.[9] Film critic Emanuel Levy described it as "a semi-academic treatise about the limits of narrativity," and opined that it "offers some minor rewards."[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Flirt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Pall, Ellen (9 April 1995). "FILM; The Elusive Women Who Inhabit The Quirky Films of Hal Hartley (Published 1995)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-27.
  3. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (2013). FilmCraft. Producing. Swart, Sharon. Burlington, MA: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0240823744. OCLC 859154290.
  4. ↑ "Flirt (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  5. ↑ "Flirt (1995)". Metacritic.
  6. ↑ Berardinelli, James. "Reelviews Movie Reviews". Reelviews Movie Reviews. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Flirt movie review & film summary (1996) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  8. ↑ LLC, SPIN Media (September 1996). SPIN. Vol. 12. SPIN Media LLC. p. 162. ISSN 0886-3032.
  9. ↑ "Movie Review: Flirt". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  10. ↑ EmanuelLevy (2006-04-30). "Flirt: Hartley's Anthology–Three Stories, One Dilemma, Three Contexts - Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 2023-11-03.


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