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I den korte langfilmen Surviving Desire gestalter Martin Donovan en begavet, men forvirret, litteraturprofessor som er besatt av et avsnitt fra Dostojevskis "Brødrene Karamazov". Professoren mistenker seg for å være en ateist som gjennomlever en tros-krise. Dette paradokset kompliseres ytterligere av hans hodestups-forelskelse i den samvittighetsfulle studinen Sophie. "Knowing is not enough. And, of course not knowing doesn't help much either."
Hal Hartley's short, sharp rumination on love, sex, and Dostoyevsky originally produced for public television ranks with his best work and still serves as perhaps the best introduction to the iconoclastic writer/director's unique, often intentionally stilted aesthetic. A good deal of the credit goes to Hartley's longtime leading man the lanky, hangdog Martin Donovan. Donovan's gifts for deadpan comedy and interpreting Hartley's dense, encyclopedic dialogue are in full evidence here. Surviving Desire is delirious with invention and a treat for the wordy ear.
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