プロローグ 会社から帰ってきた主人公は隣のマンションのカーテンからこちらを覗く男に気付いてしまう。怖くなった主人公は警察に電話を掛けるが……。 第一話「甘い誘いは死へのいざない」 アパートに越してきたばかりの主人公は隣に住むカップルの立てる騒音に苛立ち、抗議と共に壁を思い切り叩く。翌晩、隣の部屋から喘ぎ声が聞こえてくるので壁に耳を当て聞いていると……。 第二話「雑音と無音の因果律」 駅のホームでイスに座り大音量で音楽を聴きながら電車を待つ主人公。その背後を、ホームで待っている人々は阿鼻叫喚の悲鳴と共になぜか次々と逃げ出すが、主人公はまるで気づかず……。 第三話「偽装された殺意の行方」 連続殺人のニュースを聞いた主人公。その時連続殺人犯とよく似た特徴を持つ男が火災報知機の点検にやってくる。部屋に招き入れるが……。 第四話「概念における誤解と真実」 近頃、誰かに見張られている気がしてならない主人公。常に近くで異音が響くのだ。友人らは「心配するな」と言うがどうしても気になる。そしてついに、その異音の正体が判明する……。 第五話「貪欲な愛情に起因する戦慄」 主人公はホテルにデリヘルを呼ぶが、やってきたのは写真とは似ても似つかない醜い女。チェンジだと追い返し別の女を頼む。数分後、再びチャイムが響くのだが……。 第六話「常識を逸脱した非情の結末」 会社までの道を歩いていると、謎の男が自分の横を速度を合わせてついてくる。逃げ切り横断歩道で待っていると、またその男が現れて……。 エピローグ 電話を掛けた数分後に隣のマンションに駆けつけた警察たちによって、こちらを覗く男は首を吊った死体だと判明し、驚きつつもほっとする主人公。しかしその死体の男は……。
本短片是特吕弗著名的“安托万系列”的第二部,收在集锦片《20岁之恋》中。 17岁的Antoine Doinel(Jean-Pierre Léaud 让-皮埃尔•李奥)对女孩Colette(Marie-France Pisier)一见钟情,做毕一系列“热身准备”,他鼓足勇气向她搭讪,此后两人时常见面聊天、喝咖啡、听音乐会。Antoine以为Colette也钟情于他,做出近乎疯狂的举动对其展开更为热烈的追求,但Colette已有男朋友,只视他为普通朋友。
年迈的摇滚明星约翰·奥尔曼(小哈里·康尼克 饰)的专辑销量不佳,热门歌曲人气也逐渐下降。于是他决定暂停事业,重拾活力,并搬到了地中海田园诗般的塞浦路斯岛上一座孤立在悬崖边的房屋中。然而,他追求低调生活的愿望却被频繁的访客打乱。后来,当一段旧情重新燃起时,他又面临着更加复杂的意外。
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.
余志刚(吕奇)是一个靠女人养活的小白脸,一天巧遇女售货员刘慧仪(陈宝珠),两人双双堕入爱河,被白梦萍(夏萍)得知大怒,到慧仪工作地方大闹一场,更被公司开除,刘父一向视慧仪作摇钱树,强逼她到舞厅做歌星,反招志刚误会,志刚决定离开白梦萍更与慧仪冰释前嫌,梦萍不能接受现实,驾车把志刚撞倒,究竟志刚生命有否危险,梦萍怎样面对事实,慧仪与志刚能否永远在一起……