西单女孩
发表于7分钟前回复 :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.
林帆
发表于4分钟前回复 :30年代的芝加哥充满了混乱,黑道横行官商勾结,其中,要数掌握着私酒市场命脉的黑帮老大卡彭(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)的势力最为强大。即使在这样黑暗的环境中,联邦探员纳斯(凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰)也依然怀抱着惩奸除恶的理想, 可是很快,现实便教会了他,在这个世界里,谁才是老大。在老警探马龙(肖恩·康纳利 Sean Connery 饰)的帮助下,纳斯重拾了自信,他组织了一个专案小组,专门调查和打击卡彭的犯罪事业。在纳斯的努力下,小组的行动初显成效,可随之而来的,就是来自卡彭的威胁和迫害。组员被杀,马龙受伤,这一切的一切都不能使纳斯消沉,反而更加坚定了他除掉卡彭的决心,一场激烈的较量在正义和邪恶之间拉开了帷幕。