The Station Agent is an indie film I probably would not have ever seen if it weren’t for Peter Dinkage (Wikipedia, IMDB). Actor Peter Dinklage currently stars in the HBO series Game of Thrones where he plays a dwarf noble, Tyrion Lannister, who relies on his wits to navigate the perils of a sister who hates him and a populace that dismisses him. It’s a great role that Dinklage plays with such authenticity.
In The Station Agent (2003), Dinkage plays a man who works at a store/repair shop for model trains, and it’s clear that trains are the main hobby of his life, and the life of his friend who owns of the store. When that friend dies, he leaves Fynn not the store but an old, rundown train station. This inheritance begins the main journey of the story, how Dinklage’s character integrates into the small town where the station is located.
It’s a charming story, nicely told by writer/director Thomas McCarthy. Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale are also featured in the film, and do a fine job.
The Station Agent is the perfect film for a rainy, slow Saturday morning.
via Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No – NYTimes.com.
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Fin McBride (Dinklage), a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train station in the middle of nowhere—a place that suits him just fine because all he wants is to be left alone. But that seems unlikely when he discovers his isolated depot is more like Grand Central Station. There's Olivia (Clarkson), a distracted and troubled artist, and Joe (Cannavale), a friendly Cuban with an insatiable hunger for conversation. With absolutely nothing in common, they find their lives coming together in a friendship none of them could foresee.
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