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SURVIVING DESIRE (1991, 53 min) is a comedy about obsessive love from the director
Time Magazine called âthe smartest new outlaw in the movies.â SURVIVING DESIRE is a bold and
playful little tale about a handsome young college professor smitten with a beautiful young female
student. It is a swift dissection of male infatuation that is as fierce as it is compassionate.
Special Features:
THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (1991, 17 min) and AMBITION (1991, 9 min) are short story-essays about
the everyday perils of finding oneâs place in the world; madeâfor the most partâwith the filmmakerâs
actual friends as he himself negotiated the bewildering pathways of success and recognition.
UPON REFLECTION: SURVIVING DESIRE (2005, 11 min) is part of a collection of interview films with
Hartley and his collaborators. It includes candid talks with Hartley, producer Ted ...
