Flirt (1995 film)

1995 film by Hal Hartley

Flirt

Directed by| Hal Hartley
Screenplay by| Hal Hartley[1]
Produced by| Ted Hope[1]
Starring|

* Bill Sage
* Dwight Ewell
* Miho Nikaido

Cinematography| Michael Spiller[1]
Edited by|

* Hal Hartley
* Steve Hamilton[1]

Music by|

* Hal Hartley
* Jeffrey Taylor[1]

Production
company

Good Machine

Distributed by| Pandora Film (Germany)[1]

Release date

* 1995 (1995)

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

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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

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* Bill Sage as Bill
* Dwight Ewell as Dwight
* Miho Nikaido as Miho
* Parker Posey as Emily
* Martin Donovan as Walter
* Hal Hartley as Hal
* Hannah Sullivan as Margaret
* Geno Lechner as Greta
* Toshizo Fujiwara as Ozu
* Chikako Hara as Yuki
* Peter Fitz as The Doctor
* Michael Imperioli as Concerned Bar Patron
* Harold Perrineau, Jr. as Man in restroom #1
* Robert John Burke as Man in restroom #2
* Liana Pai as Woman at Phone Booth
* Maria Schrader as Girl In Phone Booth
* José Zúñiga as Driver

## Reception

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### Critical reception

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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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "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.

## External links

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* Flirt at IMDb
* Flirt at Rotten Tomatoes

* v
* t
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Films directed by Hal Hartley

* The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
* Trust (1990)
* Surviving Desire (1991)
* Simple Men (1992)
* Amateur (1994)
* Flirt (1995)
* Henry Fool (1997)
* The Book of Life (1998)
* No Such Thing (2001)
* The Girl from Monday (2005)
* Fay Grim (2006)
* Meanwhile (2011)
* Ned Rifle (2014)

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