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The Girl from Monday
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HART SHARP VIDEO
EAN: 0829567031629
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Arts Alliance Amer
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Arts Alliance Amer
MPN: 829567031629
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Arts Alliance Amer
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Running Time: 84 minutes
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
Shot on video in color and black and white, indie-god Hal Hartley's The Girl from Monday imagines a not-too-distant future in which the Multi-Media Monopoly (Triple M) corporation rules over a real consumer culture. Individuals have bar codes implanted on their wrists and their stock fluctuates according to their sexual activity. Bucking the system are the Partisans, a rag-tag group of "counter-revolutionaries with no credit rating." Hartley veteran Bill Sage (The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Flirt, Simple Men, No Such Thing) stars as Jack, a disillusioned Triple M advertising executive. Sabrina Lloyd (Sports Night) costars as Jack's rebellious co-worker, with Brazilian model Tatiana Abracos as the enigmatic eponymous character, an alien who takes ravishing human form when she falls to earth. The Sopranos' Edie Falco, who co-starred in Hartley's The Unbelieveable Truth and Trust, graciously appears as a judge. More interested in ideas than special effects, Hartley's characteristically deadpan "science fiction" is not likely to win him a wider audience beyond his core, cult following. Fans of Chris Marker's La Jetee may also find this film a stylistic kindred spirit with its haunting use of still images. --Donald Liebenson
In the not-distant-future the market has taken over everything thanks to the marketers. The consumer is king and those who see value outside of the marketplace are "enemies of the consumer" terrorists and "partisan" enemies that the state must dispose of. Protagonist Jack seems to be at one with the media corporations (after all his marketing ideas led to the institutionalization of the exchange of sex for enhanced buying power) but is he somehow involved with the feeble and pathetic resistance movement? Does he love Cecile his colleague or is she a pawn in his game? And what of the mysterious girl from Monday? Are immigrants from the star system "Monday" really assisting the partisans?System Requirements:Run Time: 84 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: R UPC: 829567031629 Manufacturer No: 829567031629
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Some special effects please
A bit cerebral, most viewers will likely need to watch it more than once to pick up the subtle nuances Hal Hartley likes to interject in his movies. Still, more or less an interesting story line that tickles the curiosity whether or not aliens from distant planets could live among us, and if they do/did, would the majority of us be able to recognize them? Being a fan of good special effects in scifi, the low budget character of this film almost ruined it for me; however, you can rely on the charisma/talent ... Read More
Rating:  - Hal Hartley slightly missteps, but nails the times
Part of the problem of being a conceptual film maker, is that your work is essentially an essay. Each piece is about something, and Hartley's back catalog is deep and great. Since Henry Fool (probably his best film) he's moved into digital cinema to cut costs. His first all digital piece The Book of Life was awful and probably his worst film, but he followed it up with No Such Thing which was a big budget film that never made it major theaters. No Such Thing suceeded, but showed that when Hartley is risking more, ... Read More
Rating: - WHAT WAS HAL THINKING?
ALTHOUGH A HAL HARTLY FAN.... I DIDN'T GET IT ?
TOO DEEP OR OVER MY HEAD MAYBE? I JUST DIDNT LIKE IT AS MUCH AS HIS PAST WORKS! MAYBE SIFI JUST ISN'T HAL'S BAG?
Rating:  - eerie
the story is gripping, eerie and relevant, the filming and acting are brilliant, hal hartley at his best
Rating: - "The Word Becomes Flesh" ~ The Revolution Has Begun!
'The Girl From Monday' offers a somber, thought-provoking glimpse of a possible future where "Consumer is King" and everything else, including mankind, is nothing more than a commodity. Earth has become a corporate run world and we are stock, or property that goes up or down in value based primarily on our sexual desirablity. Good sex enhances net value while failed copulation, or rejection causes de-valuation of personal worth and a decrease in buying power.
Jack (Bill Sage) who was once a prominent ... Read More
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