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　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument
　　Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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

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　　出生于东京立川的不良少年光一永濑匡 饰和好哥们八仔荒井敦史 饰等人浪荡度过了初中时代为了能在高中站稳脚跟他们决定加入当地势力最大的暴走族立川狱门谁知立川狱门打着新人教育的旗号每天对他们施以难以忍受的残酷虐待光一无法继续忍受于是接连缺席立川狱门的定期集会转而和高中结识的朋友植木堀井新太 饰玩乐鬼混另一边八仔被前辈们折磨的半死不活终于精神受到刺激躲在家中不敢出来好友的变化让光一怒不可遏为了报仇他加入了黑道组织天心会成为大哥猛身木村佑一 饰的小弟从此遁入仁慈无用暴力说话的黑暗世界可悲的是光一很快发现黑道也并非单靠拳脚就能出头他连最为重要的人也无法守护母亲南果步 饰因厌恶黑道和儿子断交与恋人清美清水富美加 饰也渐行渐远光一不由的变得自暴自弃在此期间更大的危机漩涡飞速向这个年轻人靠近……