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Flirt
- Director: Hal Hartley
- Writer: Hal Hartley
- Producer: Jerome Brownstein; Reinhard Brundig
CGiii Comment
This really is intensely excruciating to watch.
Three scenes played verbatim in different cultural cities...an interesting premise - a variation on Groundhog Day...oh dear.
For a film about life...this is a lifeless dirge.
It's all rather gimmicky - and, as with all gimmicks, the interest wanes too quickly.
Followers of Hartley may enjoy his diffident actors - but, the law of diminishing returns applies - it simply gets worse as it continues.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?
Cast & Characters
Paul Austin as Men's Room Man;
Robert John Burke as Men's Room Man;
Martin Donovan as Walter;
Erica Gimpel as Nurse;
Michael Imperioli as Michael;
Holt McCallany as Bartender;
Lianna Pai as Woman at Phone Booth;
Harold Perrineau as Men's Room Man;
Parker Posey as Emily;
Bill Sage as Bill;
Patricia Scanlon as Woman at Bar