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Amateur | 
| Director: Hal Hartley
Actors: Terry Alexander, Angel Caban, Erica Gimpel, Isabelle Huppert, Michael Imperioli
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Category: DVD
Buy Used: CDN$ 57.90
Used (2) from CDN$ 57.90
Rating:  1 reviews
Format: Import, Dolby, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1404932003
UPC: 043396009813
EAN: 9781404932005
ASIN: B0000CDRW0
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1995
Release Date: November 11, 2003
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Condition: Mailed from Los Angeles,USA.It takes 2-5 weeks for delivery.Because of Tax NO SHIPPING to USA address
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| Editorial Reviews:
From Amazon.com
Filmmaker Hal Hartley is something of an acquired taste. But if you can get on his oddball, deadpan wavelength, you can't help but enjoy his films--and this is one of his best. Isabelle Huppert plays a former nun who now works as a pornographer. She connects with Martin Donovan, playing a fellow who's lost his memory, but whose past may contain particularly nasty stuff. As they look for a way to get away from that past (which includes a couple of hit men who look like stockbrokers), the two discuss the meaning of their lives in hilariously vague ways. Hartley's dialogue is tart and concise, filled with acidic but low-key humor. And Donovan, who also starred in the director's equally good iTrust/i, has just the right downbeat affect to give the film an unusual spin. I--Marshall Fine/I
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| Customer Reviews:
Best Hartley Ever April 23, 2004
K. M. Murphy (Los Angeles, CA United States)
This is my favorite Hal Hartley film, several of the scenes do not fail to bring a tear to my eye or give me a feeling of frisson and I saw it for the first time in 1995. I think that should say it all.pPurist Hartley fans seem to believe that Trust is the quintessential Hartley, and while I agree that the film is great, Amateur has a much more complicated plot and explores more complicated issues.pThe film is all about ontology. What is the nature of being? Can one change? What is memory? Is there an essential nature to existence or is existence mutable depending on experience? pDon't think, however, this is some weird indie/foreign flick heavy on the meaning. Hartley manages to pose all of the above questions within a film that is quirky and funny and deadpan and sad and wonderful all at the same time.pYes, I know this man.
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