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.
如果感情是一片干燥的私人荒漠，重返绿洲，需要一点运气，当然还要一点勇气。（不过这种发裸照以及跟踪行为真的很让人讨厌……）
#我想做你荒漠的那个渔夫。
车站送别的戏，音乐一响起来，眼泪就掉下来了
第一次听到turn around bright eyes还是在mom s3e13【jill slay again
“慢速视觉”作为一个引子，把话题接入医学，医学的氛围埋下淡化生死的基调，最终驶向时间与生命的探讨。
烂！Mozart Dreamer 和风景各得一星
很有感覺⋯
3.5。带着最低的希望“入场”，获得了期待已久的惊喜。看前半部分以为要纠结于二人的爱情，后半部分完全断裂后，才发现是男主的独角戏。它的剧作完整体现了王朔的心境，这是关于一个从童年起就在内心最期待的情感意识上始终徘徊不前的人的内心恐惧和悔恨，他不断被动和主动的失去，也因此一直躲闪着站在所有事情的外围忧疑审视，之所以要贪婪又悲观地无限延长生命，就是为了等待那个可以真正行动的时机而已。正是有了这个内在横贯的主题，他才有“胆量”把剧作内容切成上下两个互不关联的部分。某种程度上，可以把它看作是《非诚勿扰2》的续集。如果导演层面上在多点想象力和整体美学考量，后半部分不像百米冲刺一样草率地讲完所有剧情，这片会是今年国产院线片里情感态度最严肃真诚的一部。
网恋被骗的故事，大部分时间都在描述无用的信息，也不知道主题到底要讲什么，人物转变也无迹可寻。
我喜欢的部分截止在他步行的那个绿色的夜晚。
为了完成指标的同志片。《哭泣游戏》已经上映三十年了，后辈却连个皮毛都学不到
此起彼伏的QQ空间日志台词+波澜壮阔的传奇阅历人生，估计想走怅然一生的豪迈人物路线。可惜这位迷影导演野心很大，能力不足。就那种看了很多电影，觉得很懂，结果产出的依旧是四不像屎片。
山无陵天地合我都要点这个赞。
一种巴西社会/世界主流内部分国家政治性的人物影射，由强硬暴力的传统男性形象(警察)转而至阴柔浪漫的“女性”，直男与跨性别者的恋爱诞生则代表着人类伪父系中心的调换和进步，行为背后对自我和Ta人的坦诚接受，便是一种爱意迸发的原始本能，而这种迫于改变的现况不止存在于两性关系中，本身也标志着对原有社会政治建筑的直觉化解构。在这场无法弥合的爱情漩涡中，我们最终可以见证私密的自由荒漠可以胜过无解的城市规训，并相信进步的可能。电影层面自二者视线转移交替之后的大部分美学灵感就来自于王家卫了，夜晚强饱和度运动捕摄+经典流行复古歌曲的组合，在保有前后剧情转折衔接的基础上，几场极具亲密感的戏份还能拍得如此自然优美令人叹服。另外Motorola在南美的手机市场占有率真的高，已经不止一次在南美电影中看到了，恍如隔世。
不过个人很喜欢男女主跳舞的那一幕~
剧情很弱智狗血，但两位演员配得上我这五星，大狼崽和小狮叽，么么哒*^O^*
并非或者没有多少Karim Aïnouz-ish，看完不奇怪会被选中代表巴西竞逐最佳外语片（已炮灰），其实我想看反对bolsonaro的人如何评论这部优先在欧洲市场发行有着重“写实主义”的lgbtq+电影以及另一部先在国内亮相的jesus kid（之前看到巴西人的反应就已种草）
人生充满无奈，也许就是要不断面临告别，大概就是电影想告诉我们的吧。
一般吧，将就可看。有人会有泪点，也有人看了昏昏欲睡。
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