蒸发疑云

　　上古洪荒时代，流传著神奇的冒险故事。“万兽王”达尔即是这个时代的英雄。
　　达尔出生皇室，却被巫师亚刚追杀，流落民间。他成人不久，养父就被野蛮人杀死，但他也发现了他能与动物交流的能力。
　　同时，他必须阻止巫师亚刚拿到“布朗斯之眼”。因为一 旦亚刚拿到此颗宝石，邪魔恶神布朗斯将重返人间，助亚刚王为恶，荼毒生灵。为了取得布朗斯的魔力，亚刚绑架了达尔的亲兄弟——泰尔王，兄弟情深的达尔誓言救回兄弟，为父报仇，他带领著忠心的动物军队以及军师塞斯向亚刚王宣战。达尔将和这位神秘没测的魔头刀锋相对决一死战。

　　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.

　　卡拉·诺瓦克（莉奥妮·贝尼希 Leonie Benesch 饰）是一位敬业且理想主义的年轻教师，在一所德国中学开始了她的第一份工作。可在学校发生一系列偷窃事件后，她与七年级学生之间轻松融洽的关系也受到了压力，一次教职工调查更引发了愤慨的家长、有主见的同事和愤怒的学生之间的互相指责与不信任。卡拉被夹在这些复杂的关系中，她试图进行调解，但她越是想做正确的事，她的处境就越是绝望。
　　这部影片是对权力关系的一次探究，以真相、正义、种族主义、尊重和儿童权利为主题，展示了个体是如何在种种根深蒂固的立场之间被消磨殆尽。