Henry Fool
Henry Fool
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Both funny and troubling, Hal Hartley's Henry Fool addresses conflicts between friendship and opportunism and between self-expression and commerce. When an overbearing, unpublished writer moves in with an introverted garbage man and his mother and sister, momentous changes begin to occur. Henry boasts of the greatness of his work while carrying on with both women of the house and encouraging quiet Simon to write. But when Simon''s verse makes him a celebrity, the nature of all their relationships changes and Henry''s secrets begin to unravel. Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak and Parker Posey star. Winner for Best Screenplay at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Hal Hartley---USA---1997---137 mins.

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  | noochinator#1

While watching HENRY FOOL this morning in a highly caffeinated state, I finally "got" Hartley. His films are in a style I call "American Kabuki": the writing and acting are highly stylized, theatrical rather than filmic. Hartley seems to me a theater guy who stages highly-stylized plays using the naturalistic backdrops afforded by film. This is the key with which I now approach Hartley's work, and I'm now an ardent fan.

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