Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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
前洛杉矶高级凶案组探员Jesse Stone被派到缅因州靠近海岸的小镇作警长过着相对简单悠闲的生活在犯罪率低下的天堂镇Stone努力想靠醉酒避开刻薄的前妻和新的年轻女友保持安全距离来减少生活中的烦杂但是在当一个死尸冲到海岸和一个高中学生供认自己被不止一个而是几个袭击者强奸后Stone和天堂的居民被陷入混乱中利用在大城市作侦探的经验Stone必须在平静的小镇变为连环杀手游乐场前找出罪犯
故事发生在2007年的初夏落魄的逃难画家金成南金英浩 饰来到了巴黎然而这个艺术家们眼中的创作天堂对于一穷二白的金成南来说不过只是另一个牢笼而已对于故乡和妻子的思念日日折磨着他一次偶然中金成南结识了名叫柔贞朴恩惠 饰的美丽女子此时他的境遇和心态已和初到巴黎时大为不同柔贞的出现无异于又一计强心针很快身处异国他乡的孤男寡女之间燃起了汹汹的爱情火焰正当金成南和柔贞打得火热之时远在祖国的妻子怀孕的消息让他陷入了矛盾和自责之中与此同时他和柔贞的关系也因此发生了质的转变一边是家庭一边是爱情金成南会做出怎样的选择呢©豆瓣
