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Surviving Desire

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Surviving Desire
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NR,55min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1990
Director:
Hal Hartley
Distributor:
Fox Lorber
Starring:
Martin Donovan, Mary Ward, John A. MacKay  ...more
Synopsis: Made for PBS' American Playhouse, Surviving Desire is a very short romantic comedy starring Martin Donovan and Mary Ward. He's an uninspired college literature professor. She's a kooky student, and the only member of Donovan's class who doesn't doze off during his lectures. The comedy relies upon the inevitable pairing of two vague, aimless, but very recognizable campus types. The videocassette version of Surving Desire is filled out with two other short subjects directed by Hal Hartley. ~ Hal Erickson, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Hal Hartley's short, sharp rumination on love, sex, and Dostoyevsky -- originally produced for public television -- ranks with his best work and still serves as perhaps the best introduction to the iconoclastic writer/director's unique, often intentionally stilted aesthetic. A good deal of the credit goes to Hartley's longtime leading man -- some might say his Jimmy Stewart -- the lanky, hangdog Martin ... Full Review
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