我爱你1968

　　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.

　　本剧改编自93岁高龄婚纱设计师桂由美的半生故事。战后，结婚典礼几乎都是穿和服，而1930年出生的桂由美，在东京奥运会举办的1964年，在赤坂开设了日本第一家婚庆专卖店，创业初期苦难接连不断，但凭借着“一切都是为了新娘的笑容”的信念一直坚持了下去。直至如今，作为职业女性企业家的先驱，60年来她身任时尚品牌“由美假发”的创始人兼设计师，始终在日本推广婚纱文化。

　　故事发生在北朝，战争爆发了，朝廷发出军帖征兵，每户必须派出一名男丁上战场。华世荣年岁已大，虽然有一个儿子，但儿子尚且年幼无法出征，看到父亲如此的苦恼，长女花木兰（陈云裳 饰）决定女扮男装，替父从军。在之后的三年里，花木兰和战友们同吃同住，在隐藏自己女儿身份的同时巾帼不让须眉，立下了屡屡战功，深得战友和将军的信赖，其中，花木兰和一位名叫刘元度的战友关系格外要好，两人之间结下了坚实的友谊。
　　一天，木兰在无意之中识破了敌人的圈套，她和刘元度假扮成兄妹深入敌后，使得己方获得大胜。最终，花木兰一方赢得了胜利，回朝后，花木兰拒绝了皇帝的赏赐，返回家乡，侍奉父亲。