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.
人生充满无奈，也许就是要不断面临告别，大概就是电影想告诉我们的吧。
即使到最后，从他眼里也看不出对他有一丝情感
小狮子小狼从小在一起，和钢琴家，私人岛，一起成长。
前面一直都很好，结尾真不行，生活本就不完美，刻意扭转就大可不必了，停留在伤感的情绪中岂不是更好
一度恢宏，如此宽广。（这个月的惊喜来得这么早，这个季度的惊喜来得这么晚）
一旦代入，就会戳中。若细琢磨，就全是槽点，主要是对男人的槽点。
很不像烂片的烂片，很难看懂。娇柔做作，无病呻吟是我不能够欣赏的类型，想表达的文艺却很糟乱，一头雾水。已经很用力投入想办法进去剧情，可惜不果。bytheway晚上坐在前面那对情侣真的很贱，全程毛手毛脚就算了，银幕画面是尸体的时候竟然还给我接吻，给我去死！！！滚出电影院啊最反感这样的观众真的无语死，本来就觉得难看的电影难上加上，太难看了。非常糟糕的一次观影体验。
4 前半段有些温吞，叙事到了两人终于见面才开始高速发展。导演对Robson的刻画太好了，家庭、教会、自我、爱情，以至于前半段的警官寻人都没有那么精彩了，我们和那么多人产生联系最后还是会孤独，可能每个人都不知道自己在找什么，这个结局我很喜欢。
可以驾车在炎热下行驶几千公里，但却不能带他回去。对于丹这里是逃离，是私人荒漠，好疏离的爱欲。
2022-02-02
女主漂亮，幼狮和幼狼很可爱，长大后更是威风凛凛。故事一般，或者是这种题材多少带点人类的意淫。
车站送别的戏，音乐一响起来，眼泪就掉下来了
抓走了小狼妈妈，美其名曰为了繁育，真是可恶。把动物抓进马戏团同样可恶
之前和英国朋友聊起青梅竹马，她不明白人为什么会对playmates一生难忘。现在我才明白，“青梅竹马”不是childhiood playmates，而是childhood crash.
在如诗如画的大自然哥动物世界里，人和故事都是多余的
很吸引人的片子，不只是主角们很好看，色彩和光影的运用更是恰到好处。故事直白又勇敢，关于认同关于找寻。【轴】
第一人称叙事，在那些诗一般淡淡的自语里，尽是感动。长镜运镜蒙太奇，结尾的时光回溯，我们哭着到来，哭着送别。
很喜欢一些南美电影的vibe
男主美国张孝全，冲着脸看完的，剧情怎么说呢，比较文艺沉闷
例如做警察培训的男人因对待学员的暴力事件而停职，在网上看到男孩化妆後的俊美身姿，他并不满足幻想性觊觎，進而想闯入這個欲望的乌托邦，生活在巴西戈亚斯州彼得罗利纳郊区的男孩呢，初次见面却很慌张，他逃避了。
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