Sinister: henry fool

[megan]

as hal hartley comes up from time to time, thought i'd give my impressions
of his latest film.  in a nutshell, it's brilliant.  i could talk about the
framing and the angles and make comparisons to ozu or whatnot, but that's
not the really important part and i know it.  i won't give you a plot
summary as i knew nothing about the film before i went in, other than the
maker and cast, and wouldn't want to sell any of the rest of you short on
that experience.  but it's a movie that toys with *real* friendship, not
the huggy movie kind, but the one where you love and need people cause
there are these inexplicable ties that go beyond obvious similarities.  and
right and wrong and genuis and faith.  there's something about hal
hartley's... whatever it is that he has... that makes it feel real and like
a fairytale.  as if instead of writing a poem, he found a poem and tried to
create the reality that inspired the writer.  i dunno when it will be
overseas, it just showed up in portland a couple of weeks ago.  but i've
seen probably three fourths of the movies released this summer, majors and
independents, and this is one of the two best.

xox
megan


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