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Apr 12, 2010 · Recommended. Review. Surviving Desire. Monday 12 April 2010. Time Out says. Can Hal Hartley’s moment in the indie limelight really have happened? It seems too special and rarified, arriving just...
Surviving Desire. Jude (Martin Donovan) is sleepwalking through his life as a literature professor. Meanwhile, most of his students are sleeping through his Russian literature courses. But one of...
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- Hal Hartley
- Dennis Schwartz
- Martin Donovan
Surviving desire was made for American Television and is only about an hour long. Despite the limited running time, Hal Hartley has produced in this film his best work. Using his trademark non-naturalistic dialogue and intellectualism, Hartley builds odd, but very believable characters.
290 ★★★★★ ratings (8%) ★★★★★. Popular reviews. Recent reviews. Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the two become lovers.
- (3.4K)
- True Fiction Pictures, American Playhouse
- Hal Hartley
Such is the case with Surviving Desire, a perfectly formed 60-minute film detailing the relationship between misanthropic college professor Jude (Martin Donovan, Hartley’s favourite leading man) and Sofie (Mary B. Ward), a beautiful student in one of his English literature classes.
- Hal Hartley
- 8 (from 1 vote)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- 1991
I haven’t felt so seen by a movie in years. Seen by a movie. “That’s a paradox.” Surviving Desire is self-acknowledgement. Like all the best art is. It’s a mirror, it’s a glove on hand, it’s a key in lock. Where you realize, oh my gosh, that’s me, that’s how I think, that’s how I feel, that’s how I am. Core.
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Surviving Desire: Directed by Hal Hartley. With Martin Donovan, Matt Malloy, Rebecca Nelson, Julie Kessler. Jude, a college literature professor, falls for one of his students. She is more interested in the empirical experience of a relationship with a man whose life is ruled by the themes of the Russian literature he extols in class.
