Rec. #323: Fay Grim

What: Parker Posey is Fay Grim, an inadvertent femme fatale sent to Europe by the CIA to recover her fugitive husband's possibly-written-in-code "confession" journals.

I freely and openly acknowledge that this Hal Hartley espionage thriller will not be everyone's cup of tea, but I like the odd tonal shifts and the deadest of deadpan humor. They make for nice beats in between all the shooting.

Comparable to: It actually reminds of the corporate-intrigue-con movie The Spanish Prisoner (see List #28).

Representative quote: "An honest man is always in trouble."

How to get it: Buy it, borrow it, stream it. Sometimes it streams for free on Netflix and Amazon. Sometimes not.

Connections to previous Wreckage: Writer-director Hal Hartley also wrote-directed Trust, which was Rec. #165. You can also see indie queen Parker Posey in Party Girl (Rec. #141) and The Daytrippers (Rec. #232).