Henry Fool

USA 1998, 137 minutes
Dir. Hal Hartley
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Drama / Arts & Artists, Independent

Feat. Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey, James Urbaniak, Kevin Corrigan, Nicholas Hope

Aroview: Hal Hartley gathers several unlikely narrative threads concerning a bottled-up trashman composing an epic poem while under the spell of self-aggrandising drifter Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan), into a curious meditation on art and fame. Mingled-in is Hartley's trademark undercutting humour, while a waspish Parker Posey stands out in an excellent cast.

NZ International Film Festival 1998