小精灵

　　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.

　　Vito McMullen本分地经营着自己的生意，尽量不再与父亲以前的事业有牵连，尤其担心正读麻省理工学院的儿子Adam沾染他父亲的恶习，诸如：喝酒、吹牛，又略带叛逆，不按法理，个性自傲。Adam聪明有前途，在爷爷被保释后，祖孙两人畅饮关怀，Adam高兴之余，透露了他的犯罪计划。爷爷惊讶之余，喜上心头，家族的“犯罪基因”得以遗传。Vito察觉后非常愤怒，在爷爷的计谋中，Vito知道，他必须帮亚当，替他把风……

　　肯特是美国西部巴特尔勒克特市的头头，他由于一种作弊的纸牌游戏落入了城镇巡逻队员的控制之中，也使得一个叫谢里夫·科格的人被杀害了。该市市长与肯特密谋使本镇陷入混乱，以获得自己的利益，他们安排了一个华盛顿·蒂斯代尔的人作为新的治安官，他们以为这个人很好控制。但是，他们不知道蒂斯代尔原来是一个著名检察官汤姆·戴斯特里的代理人，戴斯特里有强大的势力，能够安排更为强大的人马来作为蒂斯代尔的副手。肯特和市长没有想到这一点，虽然他们通过各种周密的计划，想要控制整个事态的发展，但最终失败了，他们的阴谋和罪行大白于天下。

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