9/11 was my first day teaching at Harvard University. My classes were all canceled and I got back to town two days later. I'm one of those people who doesn't think the world has changed any at all since 9/11. It just seemed to be almost inevitable, something like that. That's one of the reasons why the backstory of Fay Grim goes all the way back into the '80s. I was trying to sketch out the continuity of all this hanky-panky between the security agencies of the world.
All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means. - Hal Hartley
All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means.
- Hal Hartley
This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film … - Hal Hartley
This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film …
I wonder if there is anything to discover. - Hal Hartley
I wonder if there is anything to discover.
I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie. - Hal Hartley
I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie.
We discover and invent new ways of finding out the same old things. - Hal Hartley
We discover and invent new ways of finding out the same old things.
I see (humor) in the smallest things. - Hal Hartley
I see (humor) in the smallest things.
More and more, even with a measure of success, I'm not sure what it is people are seeing when they see a movie I've made. - Hal Hartley
More and more, even with a measure of success, I'm not sure what it is people are seeing when they see a movie I've made.
TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?. - Hal Hartley
TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?.
I think maybe written films are better than real films. You can see them in your head and yet everything is exactly as you want it to be. - Hal Hartley
I think maybe written films are better than real films. You can see them in your head and yet everything is exactly as you want it to be.
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