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Excerpt from US Staging of Soon (2001)

Excerpt from US Staging of Soon

A short excerpt from the US staging of Soon. A longer, 15 minute excerpt is available as part of the Possible Films 1 collection. The full text of the play is now available as a book, along with an album of music from the play.


I Want to Believe

I Want to BelieveI Want to Believe (2:10)

From the new release SOON, Music from the Play by Hal Hartley. This song is made with recordings from the second, US, staging of Soon in California. “Generally, we thought of the European production as large, quiet, and slow; the US version was small, loud, and fast.” (Hal, from the press kit interview)


Famous

FamousFamous (1:53)

From No Such Thing, but not used on the “album.” A collaboration with Andy Russ from sometime in 1999.


Surviving Desire Trailer (2010)

Surviving Desire Trailer

Available as a download from our website, and on DVD from Microcinema, Surviving Desire has been remastered in glorious 4:3 and monophonic sound.


MONSTERS, Making “No Such Thing” (2002)

MONSTERS, Making “No Such Thing”

The making of No Such Thing (2001) starring Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Helen Mirren, and Julie Christie.


Attack

AttackAttack (2:05)
An alternate end credits cue for NO SUCH THING (2001). From the album, NO SUCH THING (AS MONSTERS), the first complete collection of the film’s music.

Conspiracy (2004/2010)

Conspiracy

A sort of birthday card for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.


The Land Of

The Land OfThe Land Of 3:43

End Credits music from the film, “Milk & Honey” (2003), written & directed by Joe Maggio.


Iris (1994)

Iris

With Parker Posey and Sabrina Lloyd with music by The Breeders.


Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Bethlehem PennsylvaniaBethlehem Pennsylvania 2:38

Trying to make a laid back country style tune I somehow stumbled into a melody from the Christmas standard, “Noel Noel”. “Born is the king in Bethlehem”… I think that’s how it goes.


Fay Grim Trailer (2006)

Fay Grim Trailer

A trailer for Fay Grim made during the early stages of editing. It features several shots that don’t appear in the final film.


Airplane

AirplaneAirplane 3:45

An unused song from the Fay Grim recordings, Berlin, 2006.


Accomplice (2009)

Accomplice

An artist-criminal far from home asks his assistant to pirate a rare videotape before the German Post Office Authorities come to confiscate it. Part of the PF2: Possible Films Volume 2 short film collection.


Title Track from The Girl From Monday

Title Track from The Girl From MondayThe Girl From Monday 2:04

Listen to the title track from The Girl From Monday for free. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be streaming new songs from Hal, as well as older tracks like this one.


PF2 Trailer (2009)

PF2 Trailer

There are five separate films, but they were made practically at the same time over a few years, with a consistency of style and formal strategy that resembles something like a new album. The five films were made during the years Hartley lived in Berlin and, though clearly addressing different issues and initiated by separate [...]