Theory of Achievement (1991)
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Runtime : 18M
Director : Hal Hartley
Synopsis
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" Brookylnites who would love to make something of their lives -- assuming they can pay the rent first.
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