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Hal Hartley’s often fascinating “Ned Rifle” feels like a
very conscious nod to the films that made its writer/director famous in the
late ‘80s and early ‘90s while also serving as a commentary on moving on from
past successes and failures to face the future head on. It is the work most
reminiscent of his quirky, clever character studies like “The Unbelievable
Truth”, “Trust” and “Simple Men” in decades, and reminded me why Hartley was so
formative on my view of independent cinema in high school. Like those films, “Ned
Rifle” has a jangly, unique energy, as people bounce off each other and then pause to philosophically ask what the bouncing means. Dialogue comes in sporadic