民初奇人传

　　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.

孟买警局的警探德鲁夫正在追查一宗震惊全城的连环杀人案，受害者都是年轻女孩，死因都与一种诡异的燃烧型药物有关。随着调查逐步深入，警方锁定了初步嫌疑人——但事情远没有看起来那么简单。

随着线索一层层揭开，德鲁夫意识到他们面对的并非普通罪犯，而是一个极端聪明且危险的存在。案件的每一步都像被算计好一般，不仅挑战警察系统的极限，也逼迫他面对自己过往的伤痛。在真相的边缘，他必须做出选择——是捍卫正义，还是被黑暗吞没。

　　泰利（斯蒂夫·古根伯格 Steve Guttenberg 饰）是一名编剧，在妻子去世后，他和儿子乔丹（米克·休吉斯 Miko Hughes 饰）过着相依为命的生活。陪伴着两人的，还有一条名叫宙斯的小狗，宙斯可爱聪明又活泼，常常带给父子两人快乐，主仆之间的感情非常的坚实。
　　玛丽（凯瑟琳·奎南 Kathleen Quinlan 饰）住在泰利家隔壁，她是一名专门研究海豚的海洋科学家，玛丽保护着一条名为洛珊的海豚，洛珊有着非常坎坷的身世，刚刚重新回到大自然的怀抱，但它过于孤僻的性格常常让玛丽感到担忧。让玛丽和泰利都没有想到的是，小狗宙斯和海豚洛珊之间，竟然发展出了跨越了物种的友谊。

　　某广告公司小职员太田喜一郎（妻夫木聪 饰）虽然充满热情，但是无论职场还是日常的人际交往都饱受挫折，偏偏他的上司大泷一郎（丰川悦司 饰）又是自私自利、推诿塞责的人，以致于太田被他耍的团团转。这一天，即将前往圣莫尼卡广告节担当评委的大泷遇到棘手的难题，某金主客户要求自家拍的无聊广告必须在广告界上获奖，大泷转嫁危机，哄骗太田替自己去海外当评委。临危受命的傻小子先跟随资料室的镜先生（Lily Franky 饰）学习评委技巧，之后拜托精英女同事阿光（北村景子 饰）假扮老婆随行。在海外他们不仅遭遇强劲的对手木泽遥（铃木京香 饰），还必须应对评委们千奇百怪的小伎俩。
　　过于驽钝迂直的太田能否顺利完成不可能的任务呢？

　Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets the story of his life. But will the local sheriff, or the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it? He has an ally in the FBI agent brought in to investigate this strange case. It seems someone is biting the necks of young girls and draining their blood. Can this killer with supernormal powers really be a 70-year-old Rumanian millionaire? Can he really be a vampire? And can an aging reporter do anything to stop him?

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