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.
张：多谢！
啥都想说，啥都没说好。太多人都还在世，讳莫如深
老戏骨还是老戏骨，太喜欢古天乐和林家栋了，戴眼镜的古仔非常有Eddie精准时尚的设计师气质，还有林家栋，也是真的将华星总经理的感觉拿捏的妥妥的~
梅艳芳人生历程展示PPT。爱梅艳芳和一定要爱梅艳芳的人物传记电影是两回事。
2.0，离大谱，杂乱无章，预告片比正片好看无数倍
提前点映，影片和预期差不多，意料之中，主要是卖情怀。我触动的点可能跟一般人不一样，太挂念香港了。
目前只有137分钟这版的资源，这个版本的剪辑没有突出梅艳芳一生中最重要的场景和画面。
知道导演因为尊重与承诺拍这个，但这不太行啊
不只是一代巨星的陨落，也是香港乐坛黄金时代的谢幕。从姐妹情深和师徒情谊两方面，马马虎虎地还原了梅艳芳的一生，童年成长细节的缺失，编导太急于让观众看到传奇的梅艳芳了。同时，掴掌事件又交待地不明不白，难道编导也怕被枪杀?演员造型方面，梅艳芳大部分时候很像满岛光，古天乐又像山田孝之(好想看古仔穿着内裤突然扛起一个摄像机然后喊开拍)，张国荣就完全不像(可能导演也尽力了)。穿插的经典老歌，非常能煽情催泪，也是本片的最大魅力。
天妒英才如梅艳芳和张国荣，可惜被拍得过于流水账了，四星全给人物原型。
从切回第一个真人录像画面开始，便想到了<波西米亚狂想曲>，其实这片若按它的路子来，除去硬件不行(比如女主演得不像等)，它至少可算立住了人物 散发出原型魅力的传记片。但很可惜它没有。
作为传记片，加分的是本人的魅力和那些真实画面的穿插。减分的是流水账的叙事和演员的表演。从头到尾没有变化，非常单一。
Leslie葬禮那邊⋯⋯不知道該說什麼了😅
之前不怎么了解她，看完电影以后觉得她应该有很多不甘和遗憾。搞笑的事:梅和张都去世快20年了，两家的唯粉还在撕，果真是恨比爱长久啊，看了真可笑。
实在是差强人意啊，多一星情怀分。
2.音乐选得好，安排的节奏时间点也好。
这选角不行啊 长得和金星似的 没有梅艳芳的神韵
每一次的魅力散发都来自录像里的真人本身，一切回演员就感觉很露怯。
全程不是在想哭就是在哭，但是演员演戏痕迹有点重
阿梅的歌太好用了 画面不够全靠歌声凑 最大的问题是那个时代全都是明星 而梅艳芳张国荣更是明星中的明星 这是两个毫无名气的演员不论花多大努力都绝对演不出来的 更不用说一甘绿叶也是明星来演的 王丹妮简直鸡立鹤群 太惨了
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