莫里森2023

　　当一位机器人专家将丧子之痛倾注于打造"罗宾"——一个功能完备的机器人时，接连发生的恐怖事件逐渐揭示：这个机械造物正用尽手段，不允许创造者对其他人存有情感，试图独占创造者的全部。

　　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.

　　在一个舒适的季节，弗朗西斯科（艾邦·摩斯·贝克许 Ebon Moss-Bachrach 饰）和怀有身孕的妻子贝丝（凡妮莎·肖 Vinessa Shaw 饰）来到墨西哥某个海滨小镇度假。适值狂欢节期间，小镇四周歌舞升平，纸醉金迷，多少青年男女流连忘返。弗朗西斯科渴望寻觅一个安宁的所在，他找到当地的渔夫，从对方手中租下一艘船，打算在附近某个僻静的小岛安然度过五六天。次日，他和妻子抵达目的地。那里寂静无声，几乎看不到一个人影。岛上的孩子们偶尔逡巡四周，但无一例外脸上都挂着狰狞冷漠的表情。
　　未过多久，令他们毛骨悚然的事情接连发生。岛上的孩子手执凶器猎杀成人，期间更发出令人不寒而栗的笑声。孩童的杀戮仍在继续，弗朗西斯科夫妇能否逃离……

　　年轻的网球运动员塔妮娅在朋友努鲁尔自杀后，开始遭遇睡眠瘫痪和神秘的恐惧。

　　纳豆是一位送货的小弟，从小到大就没有做过任何正经事，偷拐抢骗，最擅长偷。这个送货的工作，是他立定志向好好做人之后第一个工作。工作很单纯，就是几个礼拜一次把货送到南部。他从事这个工作已经有一段时间了，通常是一早出发，中午到达，不到傍晚的时候回到台北。南部的收货人，名字叫庹哥，是老板大宝非常好的朋友，纳豆所送的货就是来自泰国金三角的海洛英，而且有海洛英界的LV之称的双狮地球牌。
　　他送货的方式非常特别，就是在路边随手拦计程车，一路上就在计程车里，到达目的地下来，把东西交给客人，再坐着原车回来。这次他搭的计程车虽然有一些破旧，但是看到司机一副乐观没有心机的样子，最后还是上了车，没多久他发现，司机带着浓浓的广东腔，原来这位司机先生是在很久以前来台的香港人。
　　老许在90年代来到台湾，早先来台时，他不知道会待多久，但一天一天过去，不知不觉已经来台25年。就在他们把货送到目的地的时候，现场发生了黑吃黑的事情，庹哥当下中枪身亡，货品及现款被洗劫而去，纳豆也被流弹所伤，老许跟纳豆甚至被关到一台宾士车的后车厢，深陷重围。
　　一路顺风是一个祝福，也是一种期待。但是一条长长的人生路，哪有可能顺风到底，常常转个弯，风向就变了。这支片子是希望在人生短短的一条路上，能重拾我们遗忘的风景，或是拾回一点点，我们身为人曾经拥有的情感。

　　在一个偏远山村的农家小院里，一场热闹而气派的婚礼开始了。28岁的新郎李麦收是全公社有名的种烟状元和养兔大王。今天，他破费了两亩烟钱，终于娶上了百里挑一的俊俏媳妇白雪花。这是实行责任制后，被称为"光棍村"的前金岗村，在半年内娶进的第七个媳妇。深夜，麦收欢欣地走向新房时，房门被新娘关上了，喜烛也被随之吹灭。任凭麦收臬恳求、发怒，雪花都不肯开门。这突如其来发生的事，使得麦收和他的老娘疑惑不安……

　　從小一起長大的醒悟、清標和佩君，三人是青梅竹馬，長大後各奔東西，醒悟混跡黑道，為幫派大哥打天下佔地盤，再一次替大哥圍勢時，沒想到對方竟是同鄕好友清標，多年不見，童年好友竟然都在刀口上討生活；清標拿人錢財因此無法顧慮兩人童年情誼，跟醒悟打起來，被醒悟誤殺一刀，警察隨即趕到，全部人被逮入獄。