巨型漏洞

　　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.

　　Unemployed Czech-speaking writer Nicholas Whistler thinks he's got a job visiting Prague for a bit of industrial espionage. In fact he is now in the employ of British Intelligence. His pretty chauffeuse on arrival behind the Iron Curtain, Comrade Simonova, is herself a Czech agent. Just as well she's immediately attracted to 007's unwitting replacement.

　　蒋十三早年丧妻，妻子去世后一直和女儿蒋小渔的关系相处的不融洽。打生活能自理后，蒋小渔便搬离了蒋十三的老厂区房，就这样蒋十三邋里邋遢、糊里糊涂的过了半辈子。像他这样既不优秀又不勤快的人，在这老厂区里确是老街坊们的开心果子，大家伙都爱和蒋十三闲聊和打牌，因为他为人耿直、善良、对朋友又大方。认识了离异后的张云茜，两人的关系是日渐亲蜜。而蒋十三觉得亏欠张云茜，打算在自家的房本上填上张云茜的名字，也算对得起她这么些年给自己无微不至的照顾和关爱。但要实现这个承诺，他就必须先找到失联几年的女儿蒋小渔，想办法修复父女关系，才能如愿在房本上填上张云茜的名。于是蒋十三开始了一段十分艰辛的感情修补之路，这也是他此生必须完成的任务，不但要做一个好丈夫，还要重新再做回好父亲，来填补对女儿的愧疚。

　　因为太子在“朝鲜之役”上所表现出的高瞻远瞩的智慧，万历对太子的态度大大改观，率众人到太子府看望自己的皇长孙。宴席之上，三皇子主动要求速速离开京城，到洛阳就封，众人大感疑惑。辞行宴上三皇子早早酒醉，原来是想借此机会带姚芊芊私奔，不想被金碧瑶破坏。知道三皇子和姚芊芊私情的王恭妃决定有所行动。王恭妃设计让金碧瑶假怀孕，姚芊芊在郑贵妃的胁迫下打算除掉金碧瑶腹中骨肉，却掉入王恭妃的陷阱。王恭妃以“善妒”为由，废掉了姚芊芊的太子妃。而一时间关于太子妃红杏出墙的传闻又弥漫京城，万历要王恭妃彻查此事，王恭妃巧妙的将太极推给了郑贵妃，姚芊芊命悬一线，而郑贵妃面对王恭妃步步为营的反攻，已回天乏术，她打算弃车保帅……姚芊芊驾鹤西去，三皇子悲伤不已。郑贵妃准备杖毙朱由桦。兰心为了保孩子周全，不惜与太子吵架。太子生气之下和梅儿一夜缠绵，认为梅儿是最懂他的人。

　　在一个偏远山村的农家小院里，一场热闹而气派的婚礼开始了。28岁的新郎李麦收是全公社有名的种烟状元和养兔大王。今天，他破费了两亩烟钱，终于娶上了百里挑一的俊俏媳妇白雪花。这是实行责任制后，被称为"光棍村"的前金岗村，在半年内娶进的第七个媳妇。深夜，麦收欢欣地走向新房时，房门被新娘关上了，喜烛也被随之吹灭。任凭麦收臬恳求、发怒，雪花都不肯开门。这突如其来发生的事，使得麦收和他的老娘疑惑不安……