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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.

故事发生在解放前的上海. 一天，顾松岚（仲星火 饰）闯入钱根发（王诗槐 饰）的理发店，以目睹钱根发数月前轧死人为由，敲诈4000元，钱根发有苦说不出，只得照办。躲避不成，顾松岚反而狮子大开口张嘴又要100万元，面对顾的变本加厉，钱只好重金聘请私人侦探（薛国平 饰）调查顾的来头。经查，顾是个蹩脚演员，因家中拮据以饰演诈骗犯谋生。钱的顾客黄先生（黄达亮 饰）设计骗了钱根发一把，他气急败坏的四处寻找黄先生，无奈中了人家设置的美人计，惨遭暴打。万念俱灰的钱根发走向破产的边缘，而此时顾松岚又找上门来，钱根发再也忍无可忍......

某晚，供职于普林斯顿大学的太空微生物学教授海伦?本森（Jennifer Connelly 饰）被警察和几名神秘人物带走，与她一同前往新泽西林伍德军校的还有业界内无数顶尖科学家。原来，NASA在探测外太空时发现有一不明物体正飞速接近地球。不久，一个闪耀着白色光芒的物体莅临曼哈顿上空，并降落在纽约公园中央，百姓、科学家和军方将其团团围住。稍顷，一个与人类身形极其相似的外星人（基努?里维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰）以及身材高大的机器人出现在人类面前。粗鲁的人类完全浪费掉外星来客的友善，而等待人类的又将是怎样的命运？本片翻拍自1951年同名科幻影片，并荣获2009年美国科幻与恐怖电影学院奖最佳青年演员奖（Jaden Smith）。

瞳孔之手与闪回之色，唯真相无可探知，遁陷于扭曲的伪饰。悬空的眼球一如活体扫描仪，将城市明信片投掷于鬼魅的光怪陆离。