No Such Thing is a film that was released in 2001 and was directed by Hal Hartley. It tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a tabloid journalist whose fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. She ends up falling in love with the monster in the end. The monster is immortal, but longs to die. Beatrice helps him achieve this by contacting a scientist who can destroy matter painlessly.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at ...
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No Such Thing is a film that was released in 2001 and was directed by Hal Hartley. It tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a tabloid journalist whose fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. She ends up falling in love with the monster in the end. The monster is immortal, but longs to die. Beatrice helps him achieve this by contacting a scientist who can destroy matter painlessly.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Robert Burke told Fangoria Magazine that he decided to take a day and walk around downtown NYC- in his monster make-up. He said that no one really gave him a second glance.
A speech by the Scientist before killing the monster.
But what will the world be like without monsters? These monsters are ourselves, our hope and fear. We created it and it killed us in our sleep. We saw that we were human. It does not remember its beginning because it began with us, to be formed with our history. We are so cruel I think, not...
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