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“Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk — yeah, that’s it.”

December 23, 2007 in Movies

Ah, Hal Hartley. I loves me some Hal Hartley. (Thanks to Matt Berube for my obsession!)

This morning I treated Dave to two Hartley short films

Some of my favorite quotes:

  • “‘We’ll get jobs and be happy!’
    ‘No, we’ll get jobs and pay the rent. We’ll get credit cards and be happy.’”
  • “I’m only a waitress on the outside.”
  • “Young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk.”

Theory of Achievement

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December 23, 2007 at 11:55 am

Cristin

Is that Meatloaf? I didn’t see his name credited but only skimmed thew IMDb links. I’ve never seen/heard of these films so I guess you’ll have to treat me too:)

December 23, 2007 at 11:56 am

admin

Heh, no, not Meatloaf. He actually looks more like Buster Poindexter than Meatloaf, but he’s neither.

December 24, 2007 at 11:40 am

admin

Probably important to understand that for Dave, it felt more like torture than a treat. :) Very art-y films.