a someone who have see and follow hartley public work for several year i think much of what use to be fiction tell through true story have be elevate into obscure philosophical mind game . while entertain and fay grim be another step in the henry fool line of thinking and where the movie reflect the quality of an object within the movie itself . in henry fool and the object be the memoir . in fay grim and the object be encrypt memoir which be themselves stolen and forge and trans mutate into something so obscure it can not really make any sense i. e. the process of script writing and film making in the modern era where most blockbuster film be little more than a mash up of the past . that be and in a philosophical sense and what fay grim be all about . the object and perhaps and be the tragedy that shock be now cliché and dull ( a hint in the opening scene at the publisher office ) . that be say and many of the movie best point be lose if you do not understand henry character and the significance of the memoir be look for . henry be a thinly veil devil and first visit simon a a modern faust and etc . without understand how tragic henry character be and much of the quality of fay grim plot and story be lose . and there be not enough wouldetail express through verbal flashback know the plot of henry fool can not compare to feel the quality of the character a one do in henry fool and and so i think for someone who walk into this movie cold there be about 10 minute of o what responses to highly construct dialog and then that it . however and henry fool be also my least favorite hartley film until i realize that it be bad putrid and infest precisely because henry fool confession be bad . not just raunchy or dirty and but inescapably break . henry can not even be a proper villain and this be perhaps the tragic flaw that make him most endear . like gollum in tolkien work and henry be pitiable . that doesn not come across in fay grim and although henry dialog be excellent . what do come across be that the entire movie be construct a an encryption a sort of molding of another plot around what end up be yet another bad story to add to henry confession . it be an interesting twist and but one that can not really be digest without view the first film . perhaps show more of henry earlier on would have be good than have the publisher describe the basic storyline of the first movie although this plot be also not really what the first movie be about unless perhaps one be a casual observer . part of the encryption . hard to say . a little disappointed at the sex gimmick though . cheesy .