1.0 英语 · 1989 · 美国 · 喜剧片
安德林妮·夏莉,罗伯特·约翰·伯克,马特·马洛伊,凯莉·莱卡特
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 prisonerpenitent 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 notare 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.
nan 英语 · 1989 · 美国 · 剧情片
安德林妮·夏莉,罗伯特·约翰·伯克,马特·马洛伊,凯莉·莱卡特
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 gon...
nan 英语 · 1994 · 美国 · 剧情片
Larry,Fessenden,Dick,Russell,Michael,Buscemi,Santo,Fazio
River of Grass has all the elements of a conventional road movie: a car, a gun, criminal plans, and young lovers on the run from an angry father who also happens to be a suspended police officer. But writer and director Kelly Reichardt has instead taken these familiar elements and fashioned an anti-road movie, a deadpan film that is more existentialist comedy than crime drama. The young lovers in question are Cozy, the cop's daughter, and Lee Ray, a shady character from the wrong end of town. Lee Ray comes into possession of a pistol, and soon he and Cozy find themselves unintentionally involved in a shooting. Fearing capture by the law, the two make plans to leave town, committing a series of robberies on the way. However, they don't manage to get very far; indeed, the film's central premise is how the romantic myth of lovers on the lam proves disappointing in the face of a far more pedestrian reality. This well-received, low-budget indie was shot on location in South Florida, placing its story against an appropriately depressed landscape of sun-bleached strip malls, barren highways and overgrown, swampy fields; the title is another name for the Florida Everglades.
nan 英语 · 2008 · 美国 · 剧情片
米歇尔·威廉姆斯,Lucy,David Koppell,Max Clement,Sid Shanley,Dave Hubner,Michelle Worthey,威尔·奥德哈姆,Wally Dalton,Roger D. Faires,Boggs Johnson,Tanya Smith,Michael Brophy,约翰·罗宾森,John Breen
在女孩温蒂（米歇尔·威廉姆斯 Michelle Williams 饰）平凡的人生中，狗狗露西是她最好以及最信任的朋友，那些无法和家长倾诉的苦恼的困惑，温蒂能够很轻易的向露西倾诉。为了赚钱，温蒂决定利用暑假前往阿拉斯加州的一个工厂打工，带着露西，驾驶着一辆破旧的二手车，温蒂上路了。 没想到，刚刚来到俄勒冈州，车就报废了，在荒无人烟的小镇上，身无分文的温蒂不仅要为自己找到出路，还要养活露西。无奈之下，温蒂只得干起了偷窃的勾当，毫无经验的她没有悬念的被逮了个正着。在警察局中接受了批评教育后，温蒂惊慌的发现露西不见了，而当她和露西再度相遇时，露西已经有了一个富有的新主人。