the influence of hal hartley in adrienne shelly i will take you there be not overt and but clearly have tie to his work ( shelly have act in two of hartley film ) . not only do her film exhibit a very tight narrative and but the hyper stylized and extreme character strangely render human emotion in a very real light . though this film be not ironic on the whole ( thank god ) and the small and subtle irony that pepper the piece allude to the bitter truth in love and loss . with beautiful cinematography and a soundtrack straight from the seventy and i will see you there be a great indie film that doesn not stoop to postmodern irony when deal with the woe of love and the reality of human emotion . the film begin with bill life fall to piece . not only have he sell his best friend ray a beautiful country home and but his wife rise have leave him in order to join ray in the retreat . all wash up and bill wallow in his own gloom and doom until his sister lucy ( play by the director adrienne shelly ) bring him all kind of surprise represent a self help book and a date for her traumatized brother . the unwilling bill try to refuse and but the sudden appearance of bernice at his door leave him no choice . no doubt bernice initially superficial demeanor and ridiculous hairstyle detract from his ability to rebound with her . however and her pseudo hippie quality annoy him so much that he lash at her on their first date . and bernice be so traumatize by his derogatory remark that she attach herself to him and force herself upon him . to what end and we be not aware . except for maybe the fact that she be psycho . ( and who better to play the psycho than ally sheedy . ) aware that bill desperately want to see rise and bernice offer her car and but on the condition that he take her somewhere first . on the way and she proceed to hold bill prisoner with his own gun ( a pinkerton detective and no less ) . an imbroglio of angst and resentment and redemption and passion and violence ensue a bill and bernice find themselves on their way to the country home of ray and rise . of course and with a few stop along the way .