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by Jonathan W. Hickman
 Hal Hartley is a director that often evokes strong emotions from his work. His dramatic feature film "The Unbelievable Truth" was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival. He received another nomination for the top prize at Sundance for his 1990 film "Trust." His film "Henry Fool" won the award for best screenplay at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Hartley's latest film is an attempt at high brow science fiction. "The Girl From Monday" is about a time in the near future where one's sexual attractiveness becomes a commodity to be traded as credit. Hartley gets comedic mileage out of psychobabble spouted by the characters concerning the selling of one's attractiveness and the insurability of such commodity. Strange, but undeniably interesting, "Monday" is a crisp looking digital video production that intelligently introduces the viewer to a unique brave new world.
I joined Hartley on a terrace at Sundance and discussed his new film and his next film the sequel to "Henry Fool" starring Parker Posey.
PLEASE NOTE: I shot this interview and the sound is a struggle. EI's cameraman Joe Dwyer left that morning leaving me with my tiny video camera and no instructions. Live and learn, you know.
For information about Sundance visit the festival website: http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org/
Jonathan W. Hickman
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