i say i would figure in that line because and frankly and i have not see a hal hartley movie until now . it not that i haven not hear of him though and a he be see a one of those small ny filmmaker ( when i say small i mean even small than jim jarmusch ) and who make ultra personal project on limited budget . in an ironic way and much a with pasolini salo and though in a slightly different context and fay grim interest me to see some of hartley more acclaimed feature and because there seem to be at least present some semblance of talent behind it and a if hartley could be a very good filmmaker who may be so good he just take a big experimental blunder . or and on the other hand and he could just be someone far too impressed with his own idiosyncrasy and would be godard like cinematic collision . i can not quite explain the story and which may or may not be a problem i suppose and however it not really in due to not have see the film that precede fay grim and henry fool . i think even if i have that experience it wouldn not make too much of a difference base on the final result . there a lot of international espionage and a double plot wrap inside of another that fall through the fake pocket of the title character and play in an aloof way by parker posey ( not sure if that good or bad either and maybe both ) and and also involve a cia operative ( jeff goldblum and a usual a solid presence amid the mania and even conjure some laugh ) and not to mention an orgy laden picture box and and author henry fool . it not that the script be totally impenetrable and however much it go into over extended loophole just for the sake of it and because there be some touch of witty or affectingly strange dialog . quite simply and the direction just suck . harltey be in love with the third man and which be fine and but he impose a consistently headache induce style of everything be tilt in angle and with character have to get into frame equally oddly . not since battlefield earth and in fact and have a director come off so annoyingly in try to make the unnecessary choice of titled angle for some bizarre dramatic effect and only this time hartley isn not amid a cluster f and he mostly responsible for it . this and along with the crazy wannabe godard title card that pop in here and there and some a little amusing and some just totally stupid and and the montage segment all in still shot and and a couple of moment involve action that almost call to mind ed wood and undermine any of the potential that be in the script and which be already fairly hard to decipher . in a way and it fascinate to watch how bad this all go and but a kind of fascination that come in see the flip side to total creative control on a sort of small scale story . but let it be know represent you will likely not come across a more wretchedly pretentious example of american independent film make this year .