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Flirt (1995)

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A lover, an ultimatum, a phone call, and a gun: these elements are found in each segment of Hal Hartley's Flirt, an experimental comedy-drama that essentially repeats the same story three times. But while the basic narrative remains the same -- a congenital flirt must decide whether or not to commit to a current lover, who otherwise will marry someone else -- the details differ greatly, from the location of the film to the gender of the participants. The initial segment, set in New York, tells

R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

In Theaters: Aug 9, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Jun 3, 1997

Cast

Bill Sage
Bill
Martin Donovan
Walter
Parker Posey
Emily
Dwight Ewell
Dwight
Dominik Bender
Johan
Geno Lechner
Greta
Miho Nikaido
Miho
Toshizo Fujiwara
Ozu
Hal Hartley
Hal
Paul Austin
Uncredited
Robert John Burke
[Uncredited]
Peter Fitz
The Doctor
Tomoko Fujita
[Uncredited]
Erica Gimpel
Uncredited
Michael Imperioli
Uncredited
Elina L�wensohn
Nurse
Holt McCallany
Uncredited
Liana Pai
Woman at Phone Booth
Karen Sillas
Uncredited
Hans Martin Stier
[Uncredited]
Harold Perrineau Jr.
Man #1
Maria Schrader
Girl In Phone Booth
Jose Zuniga
Driver
Chikako Hara
Yuki
Jacob Klaffke
[Uncredited]
Sebastian Koch
[Uncredited]
Eri Yu
[Uncredited]
Lars Rudolph
[Uncredited]
Boris Aljinovic
[Uncredited]
Yutaka Matsushige
[Uncredited]
Hasan Ali Mete
[Uncredited]
Hannah Sullivan
Margaret
Lianna Pal
[Uncredited]
Harold Perriman
[Uncredited]
Patricia Scanlon
[Uncredited]
Paul Schultze
[Uncredited]
Susie Bick
[Uncredited]
Jorg Biesler
[Uncredited]
Nils Br�ck
[Uncredited]
Bano Dost
[Uncredited]
Amina Gusner
[Uncredited]
Stefan Kolosko
[Uncredited]
Joy Kraft
[Uncredited]
Frank Schendler
[Uncredited]
Gerhard Severin
[Uncredited]
Susanna Simon
[Uncredited]
Sabine Svoboda
[Uncredited]
Yuri Aso
[Uncredited]
Junji Iljima
[Uncredited]
Morito Ikeda
[Uncredited]
Mansaku Ikouchi
[Uncredited]
Kumiko Ishizuka
[Uncredited]
Natsumi Mitzuno
[Uncredited]
Masatoshi Nagaso
[Uncredited]
Hirofumi Nakagawa
[Uncredited]
Totsuya Tahata
[Uncredited]
Meikyo Yamada
[Uncredited]
Kenji Yamaguchi
[Uncredited]
Tetsushi Yamazaki
[Uncredited]

Critic Reviews for Flirt

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It is more amusing to talk about than to experience.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Hartley's three-part anthology, a semi-academic treatise about the limits of narrativity, offers some minor rewards.

June 7, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Meanders from high wit to high numb and back again.

September 28, 2005 Comment

Brandon Judell

PopcornQ

Delicious three-course meal on the complications of romantic love.

August 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

It calmly manages to pack in more complex emotions that most more histrionic films.

March 5, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

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Another Hal Hartley gem.

June 17, 2008

Anthony Valletta

Super Reviewer

Essentially a short movie told 3 times, set in different countries. The English version is great, a Hal Hartley classic. Unfortunately the "foreign" versions of the story were kind of lost on me, especially the Japanese one.

July 17, 2011

Gabriel Knight

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