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Hal Hartley's The Girl From Monday, anyone see it?
	Topic by: JLentz Posted: August 7, 2005 - 1:02 AM PDT Last Reply: August 8, 2005 - 11:21 PM PDT

author	topic: Hal Hartley's The Girl From Monday, anyone see it?
JLentz	post #1  on August 7, 2005 - 1:02 AM PDT   Just watched the first 20 minutes of it and feel woozy with the DV stutter/flash effect that all the footage, or tape has... I was excited to see that I own the same model camera Hartley used to make the movie in the "making of" which so far is better than the movie. It's so funny, I just saw a matinee of "The Island" (I know...) but for some great reason I dug it in that silly, retro "Logan's Run" way and I think "The Girl From Monday" has a bit of that going on. Little action of course, but some of that "THX:1138" let's make the Future out of what we see today kinda thing. Anyone see it? "Let's f--- and increase our market value," says Sabrina Lloyd in the flick. A smoking hot alien played by Tatiana Abracos looks like she was hired for the nudity, looks and not her acting ability. Unless that's the way the aliens act, but I've only seen 20 minutes and will get back to it as soon as my eyes settle down. Themes of totalitarianism seem popular lately. Also the used and dirty future that seems created by George Lucas is so tired to me. I would like to see some clean and sterile futures like Kubrick's "2001" every once in a while. It might be nice to find a hopeful friendly Tomorrow in a film. I think it could be Revolutionary. Okay, back to the movie... Where's my remote? Jerry
Cinenaut	post #2  on August 8, 2005 - 11:13 AM PDT   I'd like to see it, but I haven't yet. The title reminds me of Philip José Farmer's short story The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World. In it, overpopulation has forced people to only live on one day of the week, and the hapless protagonist (who lives in Tuesday), falls in love with a girl that lives on Wednesday.
Gradalis	post #3  on August 8, 2005 - 2:00 PM PDT   For more on Hartley's latest (and previous), take a peak at Hannah Eaves' interview from Sundance (plus a guest appearance by yours truly at the end). We'll have The Girl from Monday available here in late-September...
JLentz	post #4  on August 8, 2005 - 11:21 PM PDT   Well, I finished it! Not sure I liked it as much as everything else Hartley's done, but I am still thinking about it. I keep looking at my DCR-VX2000 Sony Digital Handycam in the corner all lonely and think, "I can now make a feature like that!" It's the same model he used. Just one problem, I'm not as talented as Hartley. Still, I love the idea of this kinda science fiction and believe DV low budget will make it possible to create some thought provoking works. Why, it could be like when writers were cranking out pulp stories for less than a penny a word for Weird Science! Imagine a gang of indy scifi filmmakers with little to no money making quick mind twisting features with no stars, no special effects, just acting, story, content, ideas, guts, and a hope there's like minded viewers to grow a much need small fan base. These filmmakers could be like local bands that sell CD's and t-shirts at the gig and pimp their music on myspace and ignore the record deal offers and control their own destinies... The Stars My Destiny! Who is ready to climb that DV Rocketship to planet Dogme with me? Okay, I'll be there in a minute, still watching "The American Astronaut." Jerry