职业摩托赛车手巴德•克雷文森特•加洛 Vincent Gallo 饰独自驾车从新罕布什尔州出发他将要参加五天后在加州举行的比赛孤独的旅程让人心绪万千关于那旧日爱人的回忆慢慢浮现脑中黛西Chloë Sevigny 饰一个让他魂牵梦绕且愁绪满怀的名字这个美丽如同妖精的女孩曾让巴德感受到爱的温暖而如今她身在何方巴德一路前行邂逅了一个又一个充满个性美丽温柔的女孩她们短暂慰籍着他的心灵却最终都被抛在身后无论怎样她们无法取代黛西的地位一如那旧日回忆久久萦绕盘桓…… 本片2003年入选戛纳电影节角逐金棕榈奖却遭到了灾难性的评价
朱丽叶凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰和波林梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰相识于一所校风严谨的女子学校中一见如故的两人之间很快就建立起了真挚而热烈的友情在两人共有的日记本上记录着名为波洛夫尼亚的虚构故事故事的主角是查尔斯国王和黛博拉王后 朱丽叶的肺结核病让她和波林被迫分离在此期间她们以查尔斯和黛博拉的身份互相通信随着时间的推移朱丽叶的父母察觉了女儿和波林之间超乎寻常的感情他们开始着手拆散这对如胶似漆的好友父母的举动让朱丽叶和波林十分痛苦处于敏感年纪的两人在冲动之下终于犯下了无法挽回的罪孽
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
弗吉尔伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰是一个智商不太够用的笨小孩可是来自于贫民窟的出生让他的血液中流淌着犯罪的基因仿佛生来就是为了犯罪弗吉尔从来就没有考虑过别的出路就这样在一次失败的运钞车抢劫之后弗吉尔锒铛入狱利用一次成为药物实验对象的机会弗吉尔获得了假释可出狱后的弗吉尔死性不改依旧过着充满了罪恶的生活一次蹩脚的抢劫让弗吉尔结识了洗衣女工露易丝珍妮特·玛戈林 Janet Margolin 饰两人一见钟情为了成为可以被依靠的男人弗吉尔下定决心要在抢银行这份十分有前途的工作上再接再厉在着那让人着急的智商的帮助下弗吉尔再度入狱…… 本片为伍迪·艾伦真正意义上的处女作用伪纪录片的方式讲述了一个令人啼笑皆非的荒诞故事也为之后的西力传奠定了风格
