Directed by:
Hal HartleyScreenplay:
Hal HartleyCinematography:
Michael SpillerCast:
Robert John Burke, Martin Donovan, Michael Imperioli, Holt McCallany, Lianna Pai, Parker Posey, Bill Sage, Boris Aljinovic, Dwight Ewell, Peter Fitz (more)Plots(1)
Hal Hartley's cinematic experiment, FLIRT, presents a film shot in three parts at three different locations: New York, Berlin, and Tokyo. Each story contains the same basic elements--a love triangle, a phone call, a crisis, and a shooting--but the specifics change with each city and situation. In New York, a noncommittal man (William Sage) contemplates a future with the woman (Parker Posey) he's currently involved with; in Berlin, a gay man (Dwight Ewell) wavers between two lovers; and in Tokyo, a female flirt (Miho Nikaido) ponders life with her American boyfriend (Hartley himself). By taking one plot (and essentially the same script) and transposing it to three sets of characters and locales, Hartley creates an intriguing (and at times self-mocking) trilogy that questions the nature of commitment. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert John Burke
USA
Best movies:
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
Limitless (2011)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Martin Donovan
USA
Best movies:
Trust (1990)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
Insomnia (2002)
Michael Imperioli
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Trees Lounge (1996)
Holt McCallany
USA
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
Sully (2016)
Wrath of Man (2021)
Lianna Pai
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Dead Funny (1994)
The Associate (1996)
Parker Posey
USA
Best movies:
Basquiat (1996)
Henry Fool (1997)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Bill Sage
USA
Best movies:
Trust (1990)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
The Insider (1999)
Boris Aljinovic
West Germany
Best movies:
Flirt (1995)
Tatort (1970) (series)
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (2004)
Dwight Ewell
Best movies:
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Dogma (1999)
Niagara, Niagara (1997)
Peter Fitz
German Empire
Best movies:
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Goodbye, Children (1987)
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Sebastian Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
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Black Book (2006)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Maria Schrader
West Germany
Best movies:
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
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Susanna Simon
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mesmer (1994)
Flirt (1995)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Hans-Martin Stier
West Germany
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Masatoshi Nagase
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
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Mystery Train (1989)
Elina Löwensohn
Romania
Best movies:
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The Girl Without Hands (2016)
Basquiat (1996)
Lars Rudolph
West Germany
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
No Place to Go (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Hal Hartley
USA
Best movies:
Flirt (1995)
Patricia Scanlon
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Dead Funny (1994)
Karen Sillas
USA
Best movies:
Trust (1990)
Simple Men (1992)
On the Edge (2001) (TV movie)