Simple Men Page #3

Synopsis: Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?"
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Hal Hartley
Production: Zenith Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1992
105 min
236 Views


A lot of people do!

Yeah, well that's why a lot of

people aren't running this country.

You're drunk.

Listen, dennis. Let me tell you

something about the law.

The law is just a contract.

A contract between the rich

people who own everything,

and the poor people

who want to take it away.

And the contract says, if you break

the law and get away with it fine.

But if you break

the rules and get caught

you got to play by the rules

and pay the price.

It's no big moral thing.

You don't need an ideology

to knock over a liquor store.

Leave me alone.

And another thing...

if we do cauch up with the old man

i'm going to give him a piece of my mind.

Yeah, right.

What's that supposed to mean?

You wouldn't last seconds

with the old man.

- Oh, you don't think so, huh?

- He'd kick your ass.

The old man is a fool.

He was a great shortstop but he blew it.

- He was dedicated to a cause.

- He neglected his wife and children.

Well, nobody's perfect.

The old man's finished.

Out of date. He's a relic.

Just be quiet and go to sleep.

- I can't sleep.

- Why not?

I'm in pain.

- What?

- I got a broken heart, man.

- Bullshit.

- I do.

What happened?

I was set up.

Double-crossed.

Betrayed by the woman i love.

- Who, mom?

- No!

- Vera.

- Who's vera?

I don't want to talk about it.

- Suit yourself.

- You wanna see a picture of her?

- Wow, she's pretty.

- I would've done anything for her.

- Sorry.

- I just can't understand it.

- You'll get over it.

- No, dennis, i will not get over it.

- Yes, you will.

- Dennis, i love this woman.

- You've loved other women.

- Not like vera.

- Vera was special.

- Believe me, you'll get over it.

Yeah, you're right.

Tomorrow...

i'll get over it tomorrow.

- Now go to sleep.

- But i'm not gonna fall in love anymore.

- Fine.

- Women don't want you to love them.

Tomorrow...

the first good looking woman

i see...

i'm not gonna fall in love with her.

That will show her.

Yeah. The first good looking

blond woman i see...

i'm going to make her

fall in love with me.

I'll do everything right.

Be a little aloof at first.

Mysterious...

seem sort of thoughtful, deep.

But possibly a bit dangerous, too.

Flatter her in little ways

but be modest myself.

They all fall for that sh*t.

Make her fall hopelessly

in love with me.

Yep. Mysterious,

thoughtful, deep, but modest.

Then i'm going to f*** her.

But i'm not going

to care about her.

To me she's going to be

another piece of ass.

Somebody else's little girl

who i'm going to treat like dirt

and make her beg for it, too.

I'm just going to use her up.

Have my way with her.

Like a little toy,

a little plaything.

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Hal Hartley

Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s. He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue.His films provided a career launch for a number of actors, including Adrienne Shelly, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Karen Sillas and Elina Löwensohn. Hartley frequently scores his own films using his pseudonym Ned Rifle, and his soundtracks regularly feature music by indie rock acts Yo La Tengo and PJ Harvey. more…

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