Get Involved, Internet: Help fund Hal Hartley's next movie
“I’m not the most popular filmmaker in the world,” confesses Hal Hartley on the Kickstarter page for his new project, Ned Rifle. “But I’m not difficult and obscure either.” Popularity, of course, is relative: Hartley has no box-office smash to his name, but his influence on the current indie scene is undeniable. In the ’90s, he knocked out a string of dialogue-driven gems, including Trust, Amateur, and Flirt. And though he’s slowed a bit in the years since, he remains one of the most distinctive voices in American independent film, an artist whose work is instantly recognizable in its deadpan tone and in the rhythm of its wordplay. (Fans and curious newcomers alike can get most of his ouput on Blu-ray, thanks to the fine folks at Olive Films.)