爱神艳史

　　1910年，“飞行器”是那个时代风行一时的事物。然而正因为它刚刚诞生，一切还处于起步阶段。英国每日邮报主编劳德·罗恩斯（罗伯特·莫利 Robert Morley饰）策划组织了一场从伦敦飞往巴黎的竞赛。而这次竞赛的目的，就是为了彰显英国种族的优越。如果一切都按照预期发展，不出所料的，他的女婿理查德·梅斯（詹姆斯·福克斯 James Fox饰）将赢得比赛。竞赛的新闻一经发出，就得到了来自世界各地飞行器爱好者的踊跃报名。然而这场本该是冒险者的比赛，却成为了一场争夺帕特里夏·罗恩斯利（莎拉·米尔斯 Sarah Miles饰）感情的竞赛。
　　本片荣获1966年第38届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创剧本提名，1966年第23届金球奖电影类-音乐喜剧类最佳影片提名及音乐喜剧类最佳男主角提名。影片描写了不同国家的飞行员的个性：死板的德国人、阴险的法国人、傲慢的意大利人还有倒霉的日本人，而英国人和美国人则被刻画成互相帮助的好人。片中很多经典的桥段，被以后很多的喜剧片所争相效仿，向本片致敬。

　　多年情侣蒂姆（戴夫·弗兰科 Dave Franco 饰）和米莉（爱丽森·布里 Alison Brie 饰）来到感情脆弱的关口，开始思考爱是……为了挽回渐淡的感情，决定抛开朋友和工作搬到陌生乡村展开全新二人世界。然而新生活未如理想，更卷入了当地一场超自然力量的恐怖漩涡。身体及意识渐渐变得不受控，当他们的心愈远，肉体却愈贴愈近，肌肤甚至开始无缝结合……电锯是否还给大家自由的唯一解救方法？但染血的爱又那可修补，莫问爱是分离！

　　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.

　　为了逃避父子关系，马来西亚的大学生一凡，来台湾寻找新机会；为了菲律宾家人的生计，妮雅也来到台湾工作。两人相遇相爱，但他们都只是社会的移动者。宿命轮回，一凡与妮雅终究走上了分离与漂泊，他们在台湾的故事重演著六十年前，一凡的祖父辈在马来亚丛林中禁忌的爱情与家族坎坷。一凡在寻找爱情，也在追寻自我认同。隔了时间的长河，不同时代的恋人依旧无地生根。

　　中年男子弗兰克（乔尔·默里 Joel Murray 饰）对聒噪的世界深感麻木，他的生活如同一潭死水，每天浑噩度日。他对自私邻居的侵扰忍辱退让，对前妻再婚和女儿叛逆感到无奈，对不知廉耻的电视真人秀选手反感厌恶。终于被诊断出脑瘤和丢掉工作的现实把弗兰克彻底击垮。正当他想以自杀了结此生时，真人秀里贪得无厌的选秀女孩激发出了他潜藏已久的憎恨，他决定以自己的方式让正义得到伸张。
　　于是弗兰克出门杀死了他自认为该死的邻家女孩克洛伊，这一幕被另一个女孩洛克西（塔拉·林内·巴尔 Tara Lynne Barr 饰）目睹。洛克西同样厌恶着充斥弊病的社会，她主动参与到弗兰克的杀人计划。两人携带枪支走上大街，大张旗鼓的玩起杀人游戏，成为新闻追踪的焦点……

　　1949年秋，解放军开到哈尼山。部队进山第一天，正碰上黑面人拦路抢劫土司马帮。土司向解放军报告，马鹏残匪已经逃出国境，当地只有一股"杀人放火，无恶不作"的"黑面匪"。群众却反映："黑面匪"专抢土司和马鹏，从不加害受苦人。解放军某侦察排决心依靠当地群众，迅速摸清马鹏匪帮和"黑面匪"的情况。哈尼族战士嘎洛进村打听自己心爱的姑娘宗尼的下落。宗尼的妈妈伊格大婶告诉他，宗尼被马鹏抢去，卖到国外。嘎洛十分痛苦。解放军正在开展群众工作，突然遭到袭扰。被迫参加马鹏匪帮的沙木夜里回村探望妻子，却把脸抹得乌黑，排长大海和嘎洛分析断定：马鹏匪帮没有逃往国外，他们化装袭扰的目的，是想引诱解放军去打黑松林。黑松林深处的山洞里，黑面人正在看解放军的布告。"大哥"宗尼回忆起痛苦的往事--3年前，马鹏匪帮要把她们十几个姐妹卖给外国老板，为了反抗匪兵的污辱，宗尼夺枪打死了匪班长，在老猎人帮助下和同伴们一起逃跑。从此，姑娘们有家不敢回，把脸涂黑，隐入密林。……宗尼满腔悲愤，把布告扯得粉碎。她走出山洞，认出了正在林中侦察的嘎洛，非常激动。一天晚上，宗尼偷偷潜回家中，被嘎洛抓住。但宗尼误以为妹妹是嘎洛打伤的，便狠狠地打了他一记耳光，消失在雨夜中。马鹏得到土司要跑到国外去的情报，故意把这消息透给伊格大婶，妄图借此把黑面人引出黑松林，对解放军有好感的沙木得知，悄悄报告了解放军。 　　嘎洛进山洞争取黑面人。黑面人不愿意被人当作土匪，一个个解下包头，露出了姑娘的面容。嘎洛正在为自己错怪了姑娘们而悔恨，伊格大婶送来土司要逃到国外的消息。嘎洛拦挡不住，宗尼带姑娘们冲出了黑松林。解放军按原定计划，把土司截了回去。马鹏残匪向黑面人猛烈进攻，马鹏的子弹击中了嘎洛，宗尼的竹箭射死了马鹏。马鹏匪帮被一网打尽。