爱的归宿

　　The Biblical story of Salome, a girl who agrees to perform the "dance of the seven veils" in return for John the Baptist's head on a silver platter.

　　故事发生在台湾某乡村，因为稻米的产量过剩，农会决定推广新的政策，种植新的植物。凌云峰（王祖贤 饰）是农业专科学校毕业的女技术员，她倡议将稻田改成花田，种植花卉。周永健（齐秦 饰）被凌云峰的这个建议所吸引。周永健出生在传统的农民家庭中，家里的人对他的决定提出了强烈的反对，但是周永健并没有就此退缩，而是坚定的贯彻自己的决定，站在凌云峰的身比。
　　村长的女儿林千惠是周永健青梅竹马的好友，同时也深深的爱着这个正直的男人。当凌云峰得知了林千惠对周永健的感情之后，善良的她选择了默默的离开，来成全他们两人。

　　一天晚上，Hutch（鲍勃·奥登科克 Bob Odenkirk 饰）位于郊区的家中遭两名小偷闯入。为了避免暴力冲突，Hutch没有为自己或是家人反击。他的儿子Blake（盖奇·芒罗 Gage Munroe 饰）对他感到很失望，他的老婆Becca（康妮·尼尔森 ConnieNielsen 饰）似乎也因此更加疏远他。这起事件激发了Hutch心中压抑许久的情绪和本能，促使他走上残酷的道路，将揭露他黑暗的秘密和致命的能力。在拳头、枪弹和急速行驶的车阵中，Hutch必须从危险的敌人（阿列克谢·谢列布里亚科夫 AlexeySerebryakov 饰）手中救出自己的家人，并确保别人不会再把他视作无名小卒。

　　这部现实主义风格的影片突出表现了人与人之间的隔膜和孤独。约翰·卡萨维茨既是性格演员，又是个成功的导演。这部独立制作的影片花了8个月的时间拍摄，所耗费的5万美元是他当演员时攒下的。为节约成本，他用16mm的摄影机在借用的民房里即兴拍摄，并在自己的车库里将影片翻印成35mm的影片。他花了整整3年的时间才找到代理发行的公司，但上映后却受到好评，并获得奥斯卡最佳编剧、最佳男女配角金像奖的提名。
　　本片描写丈夫理查德在外面和妓女调情，妻子玛丽娅却和流浪汉同床共宿，当妻子的奸情被丈夫发觉后，理查德痛骂妻子，而玛丽娅则向他声明他们的关系彻底结束。

　　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.

　　1984年是一个充满问题与帮派、毒品、暴力的年代，彼得是领导一个团伙的恶棍，恐吓学校。所以，一个新的音乐老师提议，在内城学校的学生，必须通过金属探测器才能进学校。学校与社会流氓的争斗到底如何了结呢？学校与社会内外的恶棍做出了出人意料的行动。