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.
密室逃脱、谈恋爱、塑料人和冥婚还挺有意思。
就一个牙科那个能看。2022-5-22 17:13:19
发现尸体，失踪当成嫌疑犯。
要说变态 还得霓虹人来演 棒子就是演不出来那种感觉
可以消磨时间看看，咋会有这种超级大拼盘恐怖片
面试提交了生辰八字被女巫带走结冥婚
前1/3还行，越往后越拉垮，模仿大师没错，但别请他做监制，会束手束脚吧。
每一个小故事都是虎头无尾，真是服了，都是让你想多看两眼的时候，没有了，看的一头雾水。
新瓶装旧酒，偶像们演绎的夏凉剧，都是老梗，毫无新意。
好几个故事还是不错，特别是齿虫这个故事完全可以拓展拍部电影，绝对不错。
一部有着很浓厚导演个人成长色彩的片子，所以按这个逻辑和架构如果换我拍那就是东北居民楼里的邻里情仇哈哈哈
5/10。《寄生虫》相对跑出，前面的日常感与奇异的机位有追看性，《冥婚》那个勉强可以，其他都是浪费时间的那种差。
由科长来监制确实很合适，很少看到柬埔寨的电影，镜头语言流畅，表达的略显浮皮潦草，欲言又止，风格和科长的有近似。
《牙虫》最好，从看牙切入，悬念铺满，逐渐调查逼近真相，是丧尸片的新打开方式；《墙》本来可以做到最好，墙是很好的媒介来增强神秘感，可惜烂尾，女鬼索命反而打破了前面铺垫的诡异感；《密室逃脱》高开低走，概念很好，结束的过于仓促；《镜子里的女孩》讽刺感强，恐怖感弱。其他故事要么叙事混乱，要么俗不可耐
一个失去了精神家园而所有人失去了肉体和灵魂的家园，不可逆的不复返的永久的失去。
不少故事的构思还挺惊艳，奈何因为单个故事时间有限，都不了了之，草草收场。或者说有限的时间并非借口，即便短小，也能精悍，如果处理得更走心，完全可以获得更高的分数。Ps：话说导演是按青春偶像剧挑的演员？颜值还真都很在线，演技也不是很尬，有点浪费了，稍显可惜。
祝福 精神家园 雨季
想到l说旁边的大哥睡着了打呼噜，醒来吐槽一句“1400？”继续睡就想笑。放映结束后前排男生鼓掌声特别大，( ̀⌄ ́)我对这部片倒是没啥感觉…出影厅看到毕赣和安娜，才知道我们是在一个厅看电影呀
6.很有柬埔寨年轻人的气息，尤其是前半段，但很快这种活力就在现实面前低头了。基本合格，只是表现力还不够强。
2021 PYIFF 7.0 卧虎单元 把“白色大厦”这一建筑作为贯穿个体经验的阐释，同时隐喻城市化进程中“被拆迁”的建筑，和家庭的拆解。但视听语言的特有嗅觉掩饰不了叙事的衰弱。过分缓慢的节奏承载不了“城市变迁”、“童年经验”、“家庭拆解”三部分的主题表达。注定是面向自我的自拍，无法面向他者
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