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.
但是在这样的社会里 又何来的对小狗的恻隐之心呢
Double Lives Matter! 和《天鹅挽歌》的设定类似，但这部采用了让人难以置信“同步”设定，更让人难以置信的是，复制体具有“通过决斗来争取自己取代本体”的权利（还他妈写进了宪法）……结尾不出所料，贼始终是贼，何况她要偷的是从来不属于她的自然人主体性。
创意是蛮好的，是一个“人”与复制人研究的范本。人作为一个个体，就是想着如何生存。当生命按下暂停键时，我们就会想到永生。另外，生活本身是一地鸡毛，各种问题层出不穷，无力解决。复制人却可以。或者是，复制人是“本我”的一个完美想象。然而，影片还是给出了一个悲观的结局：复制人替代了“本我”。如果从电影艺术本身来看，一般般啦～
不得行。“录像带”的生猛鲜活感没有了，就会显假，像90年代肥皂剧。Found footage的生猛鲜活来自于真实拍摄感，逃命乱晃的“藏”，时隐时现的恐怖，这一部太“露”了。
这节奏感觉是在看100集电视连续剧……主题也不是什么新话题，其实这样的主题也觉得有点无聊了，因为本身就是个对人生并不积极的一种探讨。
这里面除了女主以外的人说话都太欠打了，和机器人一样，形象也很单薄。整部电影充斥着冲突感，克隆技术过于超前（一个小时？seriously?），但是其他的布景又很复古（比如电视以及App的UI）。总之是一部setup挺有意思、但是剧本非常粗糙的电影。
本体好惨 但没想到克隆体也不咋地 都逃不过生活的摧残哦呵呵
女主大特写演技真的6，一人分式两角。不过明明一个短片的剧情拍成电影倒确实有点不必了
女主有点像绯红女巫奥妹。由于看之前看了眼豆瓣，剧透害死人
故事还是可以的 拍的太平了 女主的语速也令人窒息……
倾向于 本体被毒死 活下来的是克隆人 最后的绝望是因为看到了本体生活的尽头而自己还要活着过下去
活下来的肯定是复制体，这一层无趣的反转并不吸引人，真正吸引我的是导演所讽刺的，“你是谁不重要，重要的是别人需要你做什么”这一厌世价值观。自家人居然和复制体一起设计毒杀本体，而复制体活下来后却也深陷于本体无趣的人生泥潭，与爱人貌合神离，不接妈妈的电话，谁活下来有那么重要吗？
我不小心把转向用的那个轮子当成刹车踏板了。
本体活。参考片头那场决斗，克隆体男的赢就直接说自己是克隆体就行了。
赞同活下来的是本体.这种操蛋的生活,有啥好回去的啊??自己过不香嘛
这部恐怖和猎奇感都齐了，弗兰森斯坦那部分是加分项，竟然还加入了嘲讽白人至上主义的元素。
之前有过相似的故事题材
本身还是不错的，加上跳健美操的小粉，我愿意给满分哈哈
冰冷的复制制度下，毫无人德可言。。。结局是本体假装复制体活的概率大一些？太可恶了，自己的复制体取代自己还要给自己的复制体付钱，气死。全家人只希望拥有心中所想的女主无情无义
最后的结局虽然是开放式结局，有人觉得是替身活着，但我怎么看都像是本体存活。否则结局女主没必要哭，哭还是因为自己不被母亲和男朋友认同，只是一个空荡荡的行尸走肉罢了。
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