Fay: The school calls and tells me that Ned’s been caught getting a blowjob from these two sixteen-year-old girls right down the hall from the principals office.
Now he’s expelled.
Simon: (long pause) Wait a minute, back up. They actually said Henry’s dead?
For anyone looking at the Playlist today not from North America, it’s a holiday weekend, so not much posting, but we did catch a few movies this week. There seems to be some debate whether Hal Hartley’s “Fay Grim” is the return to form that some claim it is. I am happy to report it is and Hartley is back on track. Parker Posey was fantastic in it as was the very hilarious Jeff Goldblum.
The score was again composed by Hal Hartley (who incidentally has done away with his Ned Rifle moniker) who won’t ever take the easy overly- saccharine route. As usual, he’s restrained, whimsical with peaks only in the choice moments. We mentioned in our first “Fay Grim” blog entry that “Henry Fool‘s” Thomas Jay Ryan wasn’t in the film, but without revealing any major spoilers, he does make a brief appearance (‘Grim’ is the decade-later sequel to ‘Fool’).
The soundtrack isn’t out, but in lieu I thought I’d post some songs from “The Book of Life” – Hartley’s 1998 biblical comedy starring PJ Harvey.
Here’s the trailer again if you missed it the first time we posted it.