Movielogr
Theory of Achievement (1991)
Directed by Hal Hartley
Overview
This short film was packaged on video with Hartley’s featurette “Surviving Desire.” It affectionately examines the lives of a group of “young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk” Brooklynites who would love to make something of their lives—assuming they can pay the rent first.
Length 18 minutes
Actors
Bob Gosse | Jessica Sager | Jeffrey Howard | Elina Löwensohn | Bill Sage | Naledi Tshazibane | Mark Chandler Bailey | Nick Gomez | Ingrid Rudefors