Willets Point in Queens, New York is an industrial graveyard of scrap heaps and auto shops scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped. Joe, the last original resident, roams the streets like a lost King Lear, while two lovers struggle for food and safety through the winter. In the background, wrecks are stripped and sorted, forming the backbone of a strange commerce.
Willets Point in Queens, New York is an industrial graveyard of scrap heaps and auto shops scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped. Joe, the last original resident, roams the streets like a lost King Lear, while two lovers struggle for food and safety through the winter. In the background, wrecks are stripped and sorted, forming the backbone of a strange commerce.