七号少年

　　一批名人被一名神秘的变态杀手谋杀了，刑警Harry Callahan要查出这名杀手并制止他下一步的犯罪，他自己的名字也被列在杀手的黑名单上。在追查这名变态凶手的过程中，遇到了难缠的女记者Samantha牵涉其中，作风强悍的Harry Callahan深感头痛。

　　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.

　　本片以男主角Warren（丹·福勒 饰）的狂想串联起整个故事，这个普通男人有着坚定的阴谋论，他试图进行反文化的尝试，解析社会结构，去让人们了解，在我们的世界中，真正发生着什么、谁在背后操控一切。但是渐渐地，我们看到的是他自己..

　　一个神秘的陌生人来到新墨西哥小镇。他总是骑摩托车，而他身上所有的东西都是圣经，因为他是一个狂热的公义追求者。当他来到这个陌生的地方，发现里诺家族掌管着这里的一切，人们都很害怕里诺。但是他不惧怕这里的邪恶势力，坚决要寻求正义，到底他单人匹马能不能解救镇上的人们呢......