On a balmy Indian summer night on the rooftop lounge of NYC's Gansevoort Hotel, Producer and Filmmaker Dwight Grimm and I engaged in sparkling conversation while observing the gaggle of average new moneyed financiers and their desperate trophy housewives. Corporate high fives and sub-Sex In the City banter abounded. It was like being in any charmless nightlife scene of a typical contemporary NYC movie albeit one that has been done a thousand times (and 999 times too many). One stunningly attractive young girl, who may or may not have been Jessica Simpson, chattered on endlessly about the Darfur genocide, nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea and her new Marc Jacobs handbag that was big enough to fit her dog. The latter gives credence that it may have been Miss Simpson, whose Gingko Biloba intake was obviously wearing off as the evening progressed.

Amidst the sea of not-so-bright young things and against the gorgeous backdrop of a shiny yet languid cityscape, Dwight Grimm and I discussed amongst other subjects the visual arts, the art of collecting and old New York history. Mr. Grimm's old world refinement and impeccable taste-level is contrasted by his irreverent Jarmusch-like sense and sensibility for the bizarre and obscure, all of which are apparent in his commercial and personal film work.

What are some of the more unusual items in your personal collection?

I have a collection of correspondence from 1899 pertaining to the loss of a corpse by a railroad company, a Lakers varsity jacket signed by Jack Nicholson, an original 'Harold & Maude' poster in Italian, a 16mm film of the opening ceremony for USS Arizona Memorial and a signed copy of 'Globetrotting Harry' - a vanity book published by a salesman named 'Harry'.

You can tell a lot about a person by what they collect. What does your's say about you?

The eclectic composition of my collection suggests the psychological profile of a Hughes-ian billionaire recluse or one of those dudes you see pushing a convoy of overladen shopping carts and talking to himself.