金朝汉
发表于7分钟前
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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.
耿宁
发表于3分钟前
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:金三角湄公河上,一处被称为“鬼门关”的河段,两艘来自中国的商船遭到不明身份之人的枪击袭击。未过多久,泰国军方召开新闻发布会,指责中国商船贩卖毒品。虽然发布会宣称船员全部逃亡,但是十三具遭受残忍杀害的中国船员尸体很快被人发现。这起胆大妄为的案件令中国警方大为震惊,云南省缉毒总队队长高刚(张涵予 饰)受命带特别行动小组前往泰国,并与情报员方新武(彭于晏 饰)合作接洽。根据现有资料显示,这件案子由盘踞在金三角的大毒枭糯卡所为。糯卡贪婪残忍,胆大包天,是湄公河流域上一颗惊扰运输安全的毒瘤。为了将这个恶棍绳之于法,中国、老挝、缅甸开展了三国联合巡逻,集中对糯卡的制毒窝点进行扫荡。而高刚等人也深入最危险境地,与丧失人性的贩毒分子进行惨烈对决……本片根据真实事件改编。