家有仙狗

　　寒天为了找到20年前父亲失踪的真相，来到了凤凰山，寒天无意间进到了一个女儿国，在女儿国里寒天经历了一番奇遇，经历了层层磨难，女儿国的族人们终于接受了寒天，寒天也发现了20年前父亲失踪的真相，原来这个女儿国隐藏着一个大的金矿，20年前寒天的父亲发现了金矿并无心给女儿国带来了一场灾难，族长发现了寒天的身份要杀了寒天，寒天被郡主熙偌救下，此时偷偷跟踪寒天而来的江老爷闯进了族里，寒天最后为了保护女儿国族人和江老爷决一死战……

　　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.

　　抗日战争期间，江南新四军的将士与日寇展开激烈的较量。光荣负伤的指导员郭建光（谭元寿 饰）和18名新四军战士被迫在沙家浜养伤，耐心等待再次奔赴沙场的那一刻。阿庆嫂（洪雪飞 饰）和沙奶奶（万一英 饰）等进步群众积极接纳、照顾伤员，战士们则各尽所能为乡亲分担农活，军民鱼水情，可歌可泣，难分难舍。未过多久，鬼子开始扫荡，阿庆嫂引领同志们躲进芦荡隐蔽。扑了一个空的日寇气急败坏，指示假意革命暗通日寇的忠义救国军司令胡传魁（周和桐 饰）围剿新四军伤员。在参谋长刁德一（马长礼 饰）和日本翻译官的怂恿下，觊觎“鱼米之乡”的胡传魁开赴沙家浜……
　　本片根据沪剧《芦荡火种》改编。

　　影片描写一名美国商人奉公司之命来到满格兰海岸洽谈收购土地兴建石油工厂，当地的风土文物和居民的起居作息跟他这个城市人很不协调，让他觉得此行无聊透顶。不料公司总裁亲到小镇视察后改变主意，想在当开办一所天文学院。商人回到美国的寓所后，也忍不住回想起一望无际的满格兰海岸。