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.
那场打电话的戏我可以看一百遍。俩人都拿着话筒，一言不发，只是辨认彼此的呼吸。
倒开车剧情帅到爆。
独角兽要么丧要么神经质，太奇怪了。陪娃第一部电影。
补标。大概是第一部全程无感昏昏欲睡的PTA了……
首先要讲好故事。（今年奥斯卡提名怎么都又臭又长啊
[Aggie劇場] 哎呀媽呀 真想不到居然是這麼一個反種族主義、反警察暴力、反法西斯、反仇恨教育，大力弘揚女性力量、彩虹驕傲的影片呢。我要去反省我的直男成見了！哈哈哈哈哈……☮️
最近看的最舒心养胃，合情合理的电影。PTS找PSH的儿子演男主角，又合适又让人感慨。WYT
还不错，PTA强烈的个人风格。而且这个恋爱谈得还蛮好的🥰 西区故事起码是个唱跳剧，水平不知。除非它连着三年给亚洲人，不然我觉得PTA不定今年还有封的希望[18-03-2022 完球，犬之力可能要封]
看电影的过程中想起了索菲玛索的成名作《初吻》
很私人情绪的一段爱恋时光，但，管他呢，谁说甘草不能搭披萨，只要PTA喜欢，老干妈披萨都可。Haim姐妹长得不算标致，但，就是有种随时向你伸出中指却还觉得顺眼的气质；当然，唱歌好好听，宝藏乐队。
之前的神驹是陆马都那么厉害，这次换成独角兽我都不敢想象她能做出什么事情
This really makes me uncomfortable...mostly because of the age differences and what would count as statutory rape. ofc it's normal to like someone older or someone younger but seemingly mature, but there was little arc except for Alana finally finding out more about what she wants. Neither of them is working through any of their personal issues. They are still toxic.
虽然有《不羁夜》和《私恋失调》的影子，但远不及前者。PTA 最平庸的一部作品，看完即忘。（彩色气球像《魅影缝匠》用剩下的🎈）
前半段很吸引人，後半段看的太累了，兩個人一直在似有若無的曖昧，鬧脾氣好矯情啊
沐浴在浓浓年代氛围感的老音乐里，看着上世纪70年代美国市镇，这一段简单平凡如普普通通的夏日糖水一般美好的姐弟恋在时代的大背景下层层推进着，男主弟弟不甘做个纨绔子弟积极创业，间隙撩妹为了任性地气女主姐姐，女主姐姐出身平凡家庭条件普通，一开始总也不甘于陪着男主弟弟做小买卖，梦想着攀上个优秀成熟的男人实现走出平凡甚至阶层跨越，但在女主次次受挫之后，在男主终于明白要更加主动出击之后，双向奔赴就自然而然水到渠成。恋爱情结推进的太流畅了，以至于前期看着俩人各种任性闹别扭会不由自主跟着着急，结尾看到两人终于跨过边界又会油然而生一种老父亲看到自家孩子终于有了happyending的满足感。
我很不满意
8.2 是加州图景的拼贴画，也是pta的《月升王国》，镜头下的1970s一点都不美好，相反那是一个充斥着骚扰，疯子和歧视的年代，但同时pta又热爱着这些成长于那个时代的年轻人们，坚信着懵懂的他们将会改变世界，所以主角总是在奔跑，以完全感性的激情去想象，去恋爱，去打破社会的桎梏，无需任何冗言。Alana真棒啊
8分，绝对不是一次廉价的怀旧，而是对70年代复杂又精妙的致敬；表演、运镜和配乐是那么的迷人，营造了一种轻松又优雅的氛围
#第9th金帧2022奥斯卡专场
可爱讨巧的地方不能掩盖情节衔接的莫名其妙，still don't quiet get PTA.
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