Fay Grim, A+As you may have figured out, I have trouble praising good films. There's just not much to say without ruining them. I'll do my best though. I've got about 10 A-B range movies to review, plus some terrific duds. New job means a bit more time to goof off and get these written. So here we go!
Fay Grim stars the Queen of Indie, Parker Posey. While she's fabulously talented, I just don't find her that attractive, and therefore I'm not as excited as I should be about her 16 films a year. But I digress, and I'm not sure why I even went there. Psychoanalyze me, psychos.
This is actually my first Hal Hartley film, and I was pleasantly surprised by the twisting story and fast paced dialog. I think Fay Grim is probably a little to smart for most viewers - not Syriana "smart" where it throws unrelated facts at you for a few hours and then ends with a flash of confusion, but smart in that if you're rooting around in your popcorn, you might miss what's going on. There's no repetition, it just moves.
I had the added bonus of hearing Hartley speak about his film at the Atlanta Film Festival (got a few others from the festival coming). He didn't respond at length to many questions until someone asked about dutch angles. Then he started talking. He apparently loves them, in case you didn't figure it out by watching. He also spoke about his creative process on set where he acts out the movement he'd like to see, and then has his actors do their interpretation of how he was moving, and calls it a day. I'd love to be on set for a lot of that - fast moving and efficient film making.
Go rent it. Blockbuster has it, Netflix has it.
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