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.
等待与等待之物一样美妙
2019年就听到这片消息，看来也是拍完积压了很久。演员是好演员，但跟近几年的政悚片放一块儿还是相形见绌。
我并不是同性恋，只是我爱的那个人，恰巧和我是相同的性别。
真威人模仿得太不自然了，不如不模仿。说起来，这部里唯一一部出现的骑士机车还是1号的
我们应该真挚地去爱，但别让爱挤占了生活的所有空间，不要迷失或忘了自己是谁。用力感受生活，而生活并不只是充斥着渴望和美妙，还有恐惧，悲伤，责任，如果你拥有凌驾渴望之上的力量，那何不将它幻化成应对生活中所有悲喜的力量。
规规矩矩的剧场版。 热血、故事、情怀都有。
我想到的第一个是以前看的蛋糕师，性向流动的那种感觉。第二个才是关于基于经验和阅历产生的不安，因信息不对称而天然具有的分别。
聚焦世界观和方法论的作品，“赢者即正义”，多次使用其人之道还治其人之身，套路比较重，制作称得上四平八稳，调度很有想法
李善均职业生涯巅峰演技，奉献在了和薛景求的分手戏中！（从《不汗党》到《王者制造》，导演卞成贤真的是好执着让薛景求擦边搅基。）
比之前几部皮套大战要好上不少，剧情走心，角色分配很好，片尾曲好听，结尾感人！
硬找一个二元对立的主题其实蛮浪费这个历史题材，剧作缺乏起伏，主题本身的挖掘也并未深入。
有时候很难再被令人窒息的热烈所吸引，但你知道那只是你自己的问题
电影配乐既有cmbyn的感觉，也有基耶的感觉。让我联想到cmbyn的原因是同样是在夏天，充斥想象、激情，本以为也是一段summer camp relationship，但是风风火火的阿娜伊斯最后勇敢的牵起了艾米丽的手，最后这段关系会走向何处，也伴随着电梯门关闭而留下了想象的空间。好喜欢艾米丽这样的女人，也好想成为艾米丽这样到的女人，男人在这部电影里面是十足的吵闹配角。伍尔夫说一个女人想要写作，那就需要自己的一间房间，而艾米丽却不止手握一间房间，还手握自己的生活、人生、世界。羡慕阿娜伊斯的活泼、自洽，也希望自己能像阿娜伊斯一样一直奔跑下去，不要停。
3/5 @ mk2 bibliothèque
只有法国人能细腻地展现这种剧情（特别是结尾那段），Anaïs水灵的大眼睛很能传达情绪，热烈追求爱的文学系女大学生对洞悉一切却趋向平淡生活的女作家征服，quel scenario！！！
倒是有点感觉全片有点风格不定，欲严肃欲娱乐，其实有点难，立意有点简单，对于薛景求的人物，有点不够深，脸谱化，就难以更衬得主角的矛盾复杂。
共鸣而产生的同性之爱，好美。她有这么大的力量么，移山平海，这是一种什么魅力，charm真神奇。大胆的索取，自由而放肆。晚安，一个人在寝室，好晚睡哦
这不是爱 是幻想 你在我身上看见你自身的投射
可是她说不同意欸！
不愧是50周年纪念电影，剧情终于走心了。世纪是真的强，不过最喜欢又年轻又帅的1号!!
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