A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
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.
在神秘的阿鲁普斯雪山上，K大学登山部的几名成员离奇失踪。为了寻找同伴，登山部其他成员在搜查主任（千葉一郎 饰）的带领下进入山中寻找遇难者，经历了无数艰难险阻，然而真正的磨难还等在前方。某晚，队员们遭遇了传说中的雪男（相良三四郎 饰），名叫饭岛高志（宝田明 饰）的年轻人紧紧追赶，却被靠捕捉动物牟取暴利的大场（小杉義男 饰）一伙推落山崖。饭岛得到原始部落女孩知花（根岸明美 饰）的救助，然而又被蒙昧的村民吊在悬崖之间。以此为机缘，饭岛得以雪男，并对这个长着恐怖丑陋面容的怪物有了新的认识。另一方面，大场则试图捉住雪男大发其财…… 本片根据香山滋的科幻小说改编，因涉及原始部落近亲相奸等敏感话题，导致相当长一段时间发行受阻，直到2009年才以各种媒介的形式广泛发行。
May（杰西卡·贝尔 饰）曾经过着看起来十分完美的生活，体贴的男友，舒适的工作，安静而美好，但她总觉得缺少点什么，因此她做了一个决定，去寻找真实的自我。 某天May结识了一名私家侦探，通过侦探，她找到了自己的亲生妹妹，并且惊讶地发现她妹妹的住所离她并不遥远。她们自幼分离，这次相见，她的内心充满了忐忑，不知道究竟是好是坏，如今她的妹妹已经改名叫做Shiva（Zosia Mamet 饰），很明显，Shiva的生活一团糟……
