Hal Hartley (Pocket Essential series) [Paperback]

Jason Wood (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pocket Essential series | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. This guide to Hal Hartley's career and films is written by the director of Trouble and Desire, a Hartley documentary. Having interviewed Hartley extensively for the film, Wood offers the first text to concentrate solely on the work of this esoteric New Yorker, a peer to such distinctive and admired independent directors as Jim Jarmusch and Kevin Smith.

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“These miniature guides are packed to the margins with important facts and enlightening commentary.” -- Publishers Weekly

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Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are brief, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. In addition to an introduction to the subject, each topic is individually analyzed and reviewed, examining its impact on culture or history. There is also a reference section that lists related web sites and weightier (and more expensive) books on the subject. For media buffs, students, and inquiring minds, these are great entry–level books that build into an essential library.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Essentials (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904048145
• ISBN-13: 978-1904048145
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Unbelievable Truth!, June 14, 2003

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This review is from: Hal Hartley (Pocket Essential series) (Paperback)

Concise and intelligent guide to one of America's most consistently entertaining and illuminating contemporary directors. Giving equal focus to Hartley's features and shorts - a format the director holds in high regard for offering the potential to experiment and freedom from the tyranny of narrative convention - the author competently highlights Hartley's recurring formal and thematic preoccupations. Some of the thoughts on the individual titles are a little subjective and a mistake occurs in reference to the name of a central character in Henry Fool, bit overall this is a strong introduction to Hartley's work.