is Hal Hartley's comic novel-on- film about a woebegone Queens family ( grungy poet garbagist Simon , slutty Fay and mom Mary) who let their basement apt. to the Devil.
As if the Grims don't have enough troubles already. Fay is having "aging issues." Simon is a voyeur who gets assaulted by Warren, a local crackhead and his pipesucking hussy of a gf. Mary is depressed, overmedicated and needy.
On the day of the crackheads attack, Henry strolls, almost human, into town. He sends Simon out for beer and proceeds to shelve a pile of marbled old school composition books that contain his ten volume Confession. Henry Fool is unusual among homebred semi-indies in being about a writer or two. Hartley's stilted dialogue is beautifully voiced by stage veteran Thomas Lee Ryan, who claims to have not known about coverage and other film practices that Hartley eschews. Well -meaning brassy Fay is indie princess Parker Posey, on mark throughout. She assaults Simon ! and it's an amazing few minutes. Lanky James Urbaniak (played R.Crumb in American Splendor) is Simon.
I'm tempted to go on spilling the beans about this Daniel Webster tale but it's better to watch. If the wyaward plot and people intrigues you, there's a lively, intriguing sequel, Fay Grim.
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