许冠杰
发表于7分钟前
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:Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
顾莉雅
发表于8分钟前
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:爱丽丝(劳米·拉佩斯 Noomi Rapace 饰)曾经是隶属于中情局的高级审讯官,在一次反恐任务中,她的疏忽导致了数十名百姓无辜丧生,受不了良心谴责的爱丽丝选择了辞职,并且彻底放下了过去,开始尝试着去过普通人的生活。可就在爱丽丝渐渐以往了曾经的日子时,中情局找到了她,邀请她再度出山协助破案。在破案的过程里,爱丽丝渐渐发觉了其中的猫腻。种种线索都在表明,在中情局中隐藏着内鬼。就这样,爱丽丝凭借着一人之力开始了对于内鬼的调查,这也让她身处险境之中。偌大的中情局里,只有杰克(奥兰多·布鲁姆 Orlando Bloom 饰)在她最需要帮助的时候伸出了援手,可是爱丽丝却并不相信这个神秘的男人。