猎黑行动

　　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。

　　FARHA tells the story of a young Palestinian girl whose dream changes from seeking education in the city to survival in Palestine 1948.

　　当一位苦苦挣扎的音乐家搬回她儿时的家时，她发现了一段已故父亲的录音，他承认自己犯下了一桩可怕的谋杀案，声称是为了保护自己免受未知邪恶势力的侵害。起初音乐家对这段录音并不大在意，但随着她年幼的儿子表现出令人不安的行为后，这名音乐家也开始试图阻止这场邪恶势力的到来。

　　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.