one night, many years ago, i walked up to the ridge theatre to see my friend bill baker-mint records bill baker not tattoo bill baker, who was there taking tickets at the door. we were going out to do something, i think, it doesn't matter it just mattered that i was there that night. the film that was on was 'simple men' by hal hartley. i was floored by it. completely. it was like the type of film i had been waiting all my life to see. there was something about hartley's directing style and the wrting that was unlike anyhting i had seen before. but this is not about the film i saw that night, it's about what happened afterwards. i rented another film by hal hartley, 'the unbelieveable truth' and was stuck by an actress in the film. it was there, in my apartment in kits that i developed a huge crush on Adrienne Shelly. she also appeared in another hartley film 'trust'. i would later lose track of her film career but would see her from time to time on tv, law and order, etc...
tonight i was surfing the net as i watched tv and somehow navigated my way to the hal hartley website. i noticed that hal had made a few films i had not seen, one of which stars parker posey-who i also have a crush on, but also noticed a note regarding Adrienne Shelly's death in novemebr. i was a little stunned that i had not heard of this.
i don't have anything really to say about this i just wanted to put in my bit about her and her death. you should go rent one of her movies. i haven't seen those hartley movies for a long time and can only hope they have stood the test of time.
if you're interested check out these links to her work and news regarding her death.
g. xo
http://www.possiblefilms.com/
http://www.topix.net/who/adrienne-shelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Shelly
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15658083/site/newsweek/
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Murdered by a construction worker after complaining about the noise they were making? That's fucked up. Tragic for sure.
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