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
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日本长崎早已年过半百的冈野雄一岩松了 饰就像一个长不大的孩子他在单位混混度日得过且过反倒更乐于在酒吧驻唱和创作漫画日常里雄一和耄耋之年的母亲三枝赤木春惠 饰以及儿子真崎大和田健介 饰住在一起爷俩外出赚钱经常留老太太独自在家三枝婆婆许多年前就换上了阿兹海默症她日常里颠三倒四状况不断令雄一父子疲于奔命随着老太太的病情一天天加重雄一只得痛下决心将母亲送入专门的护理机构三枝婆婆当下的记忆一天天衰退而关于儿时的玩伴早逝的丈夫加濑亮 饰的记忆却日渐清晰起来老人家早已分不清过去与现在生与死的界限那些生命中最重要的人依次来到了她的身边…… 本片根据冈野雄一以家族故事为蓝本创作的四格漫画改编影片荣获2013年电影旬报十佳影片第一名
