阅后即焚

　　It is summer break and best friends Amélie, Bintou and Morjana hang together with the neighborhood teenagers At night, they have fun sharing goosebumps stories and urban legends But when Amélie is assaulted by her ex, she remembers the story of Kandisha, a powerful and vengeful demon Afraid, upset, she summons her The next day, her ex is found dead The legend is true and now Kandisha in on a killing spree The three girls will do anything to break the curse

　　大正九年身穿浴袍的青年松田洋治 饰在一间昏暗封闭的房间内醒来隔壁不断传来少女的哀号他失去了记忆完全想不起自己的姓名和来历这时自称九州帝国大学精神科教授的若林镜太郎室田日出男 饰走入房间他向青年讲述了一件很久以前发生在中国的悲惨故事并认为远古祖先脑中的记忆通过某种方式传给了这名叫做吴一郎的青年上一任精神科院长正木桂枝雀 饰曾对此进行深入研究
　　不久业已死亡的正木博士竟然出现在吴一郎面前他向一郎提供更多的线索然而这一切却愈加扑朔迷离……
　　本片根据侦探小说家梦野久作同名作品改编

　　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