Flirt (1995)

Director:

Hal Hartley

Writer:

Hal Hartley (writer)

Release Date:

7 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

New York, Berlin, Tokyo

Plot:

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Repeated Event | Germany | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Anthology

Cast

Paul Austin	...	Men's Room Man #
Robert John Burke	...	Men's Room Man # (as Robert Burke)
Martin Donovan	...	Walter
Erica Gimpel	...	Nurse (as Erica Gimple)
Michael Imperioli	...	Michael
Holt McCallany	...	Bartender
Lianna Pai	...	Woman at Phone Booth
Harold Perrineau	...	Men's Room Man # (as Harold Perrineau Jr.)
Parker Posey	...	Emily
Bill Sage	...	Bill
Patricia Scanlon	...	Woman at Bar
Paul Schulze
Karen Sillas	...	Doctor Clint (as Karen Silos)
Hannah Sullivan	...	Trish
José Zúñiga	...	Cab Driver (as Jose Zuniga)

Also Known As:

Flört (Hungary) [hu]
Flerte (Brazil) [pt]
Flirt (Spain) [es]
Flirt (Portugal) [pt]
Flirt (Greece) [el]
Flirt (New York-Berlino-Tokyo) (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and nudity.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF)

Quotes:

Bill: [indicates gun] What are you gonna do with that?
Walter: I'm gonna shoot myself.
Bill: [unloading gun] That's pretty stupid, Walter.
Walter: Yeah, I guess I oughta shoot Margaret, huh?
[Bill pockets the bullets and lays the gun back down.]
Bill: [pours a drink] No, you're not gonna shoot anybody.
Walter: Maybe I oughta shoot you.

Movie Connections:

Version of Flirt (1993)

This is the ONLY movie that I have ever walked out of

The EXACT scene was played out over and over again WORD for freaking WORD but the gimmick was this same dull scene was acted out by DIFFERENT people in DIFFERENT cities.

Wow! What a concept!

When we got to what I think was the third go round with the gay couple, I just said to myself, "you've got to be an idiot to endure one more second of this garbage"! At that moment, for the first and only time in my film going history, I had ZERO interest in the balance of a film. I stick with even the most boring and goriest of movies because there is always hope that things will improve. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get something out of the experience. Not this time. "Flirt" was just too unbearable to stay in the theater.

What a piece of SCHIT!

Lowest possible rating 1/10