海霞

　　这是一个发生在1969年、关于一个16岁男孩詹米·萨瓦特的成长的感人故事。他在他所就读的全男子寄读学校不是最受欢迎的孩子，与同学和老师隔阂的他坚信自己注定要自己要饰演《麦田里的守望者》中的主角霍尔顿·考尔菲德，并把这本书改编成了一部话剧。一系列的不断加剧的和男孩们恶意的口角之后，詹米逃离学校去寻找作家J.D.塞林格。旅途中他遇到了古怪的都市人迪迪·高林，两人一同寻找塞林格，并发现爱与生命的意义。

　　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.

　　鲁南张庄，86岁老人林郭氏，身体硬朗，在农村老宅独自生活。林郭氏突发脑血栓，身体状况逐渐恶化。子女积极为老人操作敬老院入住事宜。敬老院床位紧张，只有等待敬老院有老人去世，按照老人的意愿，开始了到子女家轮流居住的短暂旅程。这一过程中，林郭氏中风摔倒，脑神经损伤，得了笑病。 敬老院终于有老人亡故，空出床位。却在去敬老院的前夕，林郭氏怀揣着全家福老照片溘然长逝。按照老风俗，儿孙们给她办了一场轰轰烈烈的喜丧。 生活重新开始，又是在重复昨天的故事……

　　相当出色的青少年寓言片，观赏性颇高。故事主角是一名小女孩，她正因为父亲不耐癌症折磨而自杀，感到闷闷不乐。此时，她发现邻居的大男孩相当神秘而孤僻，经常一个人呆在屋顶上。更令人惊异的是，大男孩说他会飞，女孩本来并不相信，但是当男孩牵着她的手在天空飞翔时，她不得不相信自己的眼睛。“天下间没有不可能的事，只要你有信心"。以此为主题的电影拍过很多，本片导演尼克．卡斯尔从写实片入手、以幻想片结束的手法是比较特别的。两名童星露西．狄更斯和杰．安德伍德都演得出色，成功地流露出一种亲切温馨的感觉。