侧田
发表于2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.
李锦
发表于5分钟前回复 :在美丽的森城市中心广场,支教老师们整装待发接受领导检阅。意气风发的丁皎皎(郑岚侨 饰)寄托了省领导的深切希望,接过了象征着“奉献精神”的钢笔。封政(宗峰岩 饰)原是省事业单位的中层领导,因为晋级受挫外加内心的政治抱负而毅然决定投身到底层支教事业。封政、皎皎和当地学校职工小果子(何美钿 饰)由于生活环境的差异而在观念方面产生多种矛盾,但是朴实善良的内心与共同的生活理想让他们逐渐相识相知,齐心协力改造学校环境、提高教学质量,并带领山里的孩子第一次走出大山,参加了市里的歌咏比赛,以原生态的苗族山歌获得了评委会大奖。支教老师们的工作和生活得到小学校长王琦(普超英 饰)的无微不至的关怀,但积劳成疾的她却不幸病倒,与世长辞。校长的离世给支教老师们极大的感触……本片根据作为中国第一部描写青年志愿者的长篇小说《飞扬的青春》改编。