苏芮
发表于9分钟前回复 :第二次世界大战期间,在一个用高墙围起来的犹太区的废弃大工厂里,里面的犹太人诚惶诚恐的生活和工作着,而且人数越来越少,因为纳粹时不时的就会进来把一些人带走,先是妇女儿童,再是老人,后来就要全部带走了,他们的下场可想而知。在一次清剿中,一位父亲想让他的父亲和儿子逃命,就准备和纳粹拼命,可是由于有人告密,失败了,这时那位祖父为了让孙子活命,义无反顾的占了出来,他的小孙子暂时躲过了灾难,躲了起来,那位祖父留下的就只有大街上的一顶帽子了。那个小男孩坚信他的父亲会回来找他,他坚守在那个废弃的工厂里,陪伴他的只有一支小白鼠。人到了生存的极限就会爆发出不可想象的能力和智慧。我看片时,一直为那个小男孩揪着心,没有吃的,没有水,还要躲避纳粹和剩余侥幸躲起来的犹太人为生存而动的杀机。可是他挺过来了,甚至像鲁宾逊一样,有了一个自己的“树屋”,在那个高高的角落里,他透过一个小小的窗棂,一个望远镜里观察着外面“祥和”的世界……
叶文辉
发表于3分钟前回复 :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.