欧美A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.
欧美A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.
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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.
回复 :在我国广西与越南相望的北部湾,京族三岛如翡翠般镶嵌在蔚兰色的海面上,海边红树郁郁葱葱,岛上竹林青翠欲滴,婉转悠扬的独弦琴声有如天籁之音随风飘荡,每当朝阳升起或晚霞初现时,小岛上就会有成千上万只鹭鸟在空中飞翔欢叫。这美丽的地方并不平静,城里一些餐馆为了追求暴利,高价收购鹭鸟,供游客品尝野味,城里患有自闭症的六岁儿童毛毛父母的餐馆亦如此,毛毛耐不住父母整日争吵,出走了,好心的渔民老黎夫妇收留了他,在小岛上,毛毛有了城里不曾有过的经历,美丽的鹭鸟,成了毛毛的朋友。毛毛不仅有了笑容,还发出了声音,是学着白鹭哦哦的叫声。行为怪异的毛毛不被岛上护鸟的孩子们所接受,老黎的妻子阿霞告诉孩子们毛毛是在和鹭鸟说话……