honestly, id call it "hal hartley style", lol. when u see all of his movies (and his shorts), you'll see its his "thing". he is very influenced by bresson and goodard, but he also has his own style as well. very monotone delivery of dialogue, yet the actors move among each other almost as if theyre choreographed. he does this in all of his movies. hal hartley is awesome. one of the most important figures in independent film. hartley & donovan are one of my fav regular director/actor combos
yeah, luckily i own all of them (except. i bought them a while ago, & now im discovering (like u said) so many are discontinued now. now...this could be a sign that newer editions are coming out. its usually the case that when a dvd goes out of print, that means its being re-released in a better format/edition. who knows...maybe the criterion collection came to their senses and picked up 1 or 2 of his movies. or...maybe theres a box set coming out or something. that would be cool.
