Directing
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.
A night out at a bar turns mysterious when a stranger in a fedora calls Meredith by the wrong name - and she admits she's changed her name many times before, reinventing herself each time. Sunny, Violet, Jacosta, Pauline... What's to keep her from changing again and leaving her friends and fiance behind? Who's the odd man in the hat and why did he bring a birdcage to a bar? Does the hot bartender really exist? The group fractures, seeking answers to these questions over the course of one surreal night. A film about identity and history and what people choose to reveal to each other.
Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
Joseph Fulton, a famous director, wants to work at a cemetery. Meanwhile, he has his last will and testament drawn up. His girlfriend thinks he's dying. Rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows gathers to say their last farewells.
A behind the scenes look, including an interview with Hal Hartley, surrounding his play "Soon," a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco, Texas involving the religious sect called the Branch Davidians and their collision with the US Federal Government.
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.
A short documentary about the making of 'Fay Grim.'
A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.
Bounces through a fragmented, impressionistic history of the world from Napoleon to Jesus, from Socrates to Superman and back again with a six-year-old girl as our guide.
Featuring, our music videos & video music, stolen treasures & unburied graves, detournèd objects & cultural corpses, including: BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
“Featuring, our music videos & video music, stolen treasures & unburied graves, detournèd objects & cultural corpses, including: DAHLIA NOIR,
Mixes found footage with the delirious, death-bed ramblings of the gangster Dutch Schultz, who died following a shooting in Newark, NJ in 1935.
A series of impromptu interviews with Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, and some of Hartley's other most frequent collaborators on his style, career, and process.
A young doctor believes that the spirit of his late wife has possessed a troubled patient in his hospital.
Excerpts from performances of Hal Hartley's play "Soon", a production inspired by the 1993 events in Waco, Texas involving the religious sect called the Branch Davidians and their collision with the US Federal Government.
This film is the visual component of the multi-media collaboration between the composer Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley.
