李永昌
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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.
李骥
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:1959年,切•格瓦拉(Benicio Del Toro本尼西奥•德尔•托罗 饰)与菲德尔•卡斯特罗(Rodrigo Santoro 罗德里格•桑托罗 饰)率领的游击队组织“七二六运动”终于推翻巴蒂斯塔政权,在古巴建立了新政府。然随着时间的推移,切和菲德尔在治国理念上逐渐发生分歧,最终他辞去政府中的要职,并放弃家庭和古巴公民的身份,再次投入解放第三世界的战争中去。几经辗转,切来到玻利维亚,与玻利维亚全国解放军共同展开游击队革命运动。玻利维亚总统René Barrientos(Joaquim de Almeida 饰)得知切的到来,决定不惜一切代价消灭这个令人头痛的革命者……为了详尽真实再现革命家切•格瓦拉的革命岁月,美国好莱坞著名导演史蒂芬•索德伯格(Steven Soderbergh)用了4个小时来描绘这位传奇英雄。最终按照院线的需要,影片被分作两部分上映。本片荣获2008年戛纳电影节最佳男主角奖,并获得金棕榈奖提名。