新鲜1994

　　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.

　　五位著名导演，各自执导了一段关于二十岁恋情的短片。
　　一、特吕弗《安托万与柯莱特》：《四百下》男主角安托万人生故事的延续，安托万暗恋上比自己年纪稍大的柯莱特，柯莱特却只把他当作弟弟般地看待，安托万的早恋就此无疾而终。
　　二、瓦伊达《华沙》：少女爱上了在动物园里见义勇为的男子，而力邀他参与家里的青年朋友聚会。不经意间，一些场景细节勾起了男子战时的记忆伤痕……
　　三、罗西里尼（无标题）：可怜的下层女孩不甘心充当第三者，却被成熟老练的贵妇寥寥数语击溃了心理防线……
　　四、石原慎太郎（无标题）：年轻的工人暗恋上气质非凡的女子，尽管每天都会在路上碰面，他却不敢有所表达而沉耽于幻想，被压抑的强烈欲望最终引发为悲剧。
　　五、马克斯•奥菲尔斯（无标题）：借助于往昔青春岁月的甜蜜回忆，一对夫妇逐步修复彼此之间的关系裂痕。

　　在阿根廷与荷兰的世界杯决赛期间，在军事独裁统治时期，一群刑讯逼供者暴力闯入一户人家，绑架了一群年轻人并将他们带到一个秘密拘留中心。
　　起初的反人性审讯变成了真正的殉难：一群不好惹的人被绑架了。原来他们是由未知超自然力量引导的恐怖邪教组织的成员。秘密拘留中心即将变成炼狱本狱。

　　大爸爸种的杂草是北美最好的…这就是为什么联邦探员迪克会不顾一切地让大爸爸和他的养家劳拉、洛拉和莱诺破产的原因。有了这三位可爱的女士，他信任的哑巴农夫吉米，还有他称之为家的小镇上的好人，大爸爸将奋战到底——保护土地和他所爱的人。