边城

　　在充满狂乱且略带忧伤的夜晚一对夫妇痛失可爱的幼子尼克这件事给他们以莫大的打击也让这段原本便矛盾暗生的婚姻走向崩溃边缘妻子夏洛特•甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰久久沉浸悲痛中无法自拔身为心理咨询师丈夫威廉•达福 Willem Dafoe 饰一方面希望弥合破裂的婚姻另一方面试图通过心理疏导让妻子忘记过去最终他们决定前往位于伊登Eden森林的小木屋中缓释心情此前一年女人曾带着尼克在此撰写一篇关于基督和反女性的论文过往的回忆让重蹈此地的她紧张慌乱心理治疗在焦灼烦躁的情绪中进行夫妻俩没有找到渴望已久的光明反而堕入更加无边的黑暗之中……
　　本片荣获2009年戛纳电影节最佳女主角奖Charlotte Gainsbourg

　　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