Henry Fool

by Hal Hartley

The new film from the chronicler of modern-day love in America.Henry Fool is set in an apparently settled suburban community whose underlying tensions come bursting to the surface with the arrival of a stranger in town -- Henry Fool. An unshaven embodiment of the Life Force, Henry insinuates himself into the family of a garbage man named Simon and changes their lives irrevocably. Poetic, bawdy, contemplative, often side-wrenchingly funny, and finally quite touching Henry Fool displays Hal Hartley's fine talent at its peak.

Genres: Film

161 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Hal Hartley is the writer, director and producer of numerous feature films. He received the best screenplay award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1998 for Henry Fool as well as prizes at Sundance (Trust), Tokyo (Amateur), Prague (Meanwhile) and Berlin (Ned Rifle). He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the Republic of France and an alumnus of the American Academy in Berlin. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Jillian P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it while I was nursing the extraction of my wisdom teeth.