侩子手是西班牙写实主义大师贝尔兰加的巅峰之作以辛辣的笔调描写了一个连苍蝇都不敢打的青年人为生活所迫竟当上刽子手的故事影片虽在如今的各大西班牙经典影片榜单上名列前茅但由于推出时正处于弗朗哥黑暗时期长时间没有得到人们的认可
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
厌倦了逼仄脏乱的小公寓正值青春年少的美丽女孩冰通过网络找到一所宽敞阔气且租金极为便宜的大房子事不宜迟她连忙致电屋主预约时间并叫上同公寓好友妮娜随她一同看房虽然妮娜对该房第一印象不佳却无法改变冰的决定不久之后满心欢喜的冰搬入新居谁知从第一天开始便有怪事在身边发生在此之后种种诡异事件交替发生甚至冰的意识也受到侵袭担心好友的安危妮娜赶来冰的身边 只是恐怖事件并未就此告一段落仿佛被诅咒了一般美丽女孩落入充满玄幻和恐怖气息的死亡陷阱之中……
