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.
那个名为爱情的故事很动人，那个名为创造的故事很瘆人
看这种电影最大的好处就是，我能感受到编导在写这故事拍这电影时的心情，一定太幸福太美好了。这种幸福感是写岀好故事拍出好电影最大的动力，太享受这种创作激情了，我懂。今年必须一定会继续做傻事写剧本的，用心执着的人永远都有傻福，把人生的遗憾和幸福一部部拍出来，让生命力延长三倍。
看这部电影的另类感受，为什么有些人100年前就在就已经过上这样贵族的生活，我们苦了100年却还在过这样的苦日子，太痛苦了。
看的中国删减版本，有点遗憾又有点庆幸。在目前这种转趋严峻的时局下，可以在电影院里衣着体面地目睹OLD MONEY在银幕里的得体风度，是每一位欣赏西方古典审美的中国人从现实生活中暂时抽离获得喘息的宝贵机会。文艺鸦片的治愈力是难得的奢侈品。电影造梦的情节做足致敬姿态，希望没人会被新潮流丢下。仆人登上宴厅，是老爷温情的回馈，还是历史给予的预告：痛恨大革命的管家，最后也无奈哀叹高贵老玫瑰的凋零。
鬼灭之刃的质量天地可鉴，剧本是所有影视作品的灵魂。感谢有这么好的作品。带给我的是一种感动。
Tv版本11-14
EP.15-21 《那田蜘蛛山篇》
看这部电影的另类感受，为什么有些人100年前就在就已经过上这样贵族的生活，我们苦了100年却还在过这样的苦日子，太痛苦了。
看完之后我和我的另一半认真地讨论了下这个决定。如果真的有这一天的到来，一切都不能再那时商量，只能在它还只发生于电影中的此刻商讨。我们都做不了这个决定，所以答案依然是不知道，不管是一个人纠结，还是两个人分析，永远是不知道。这也就说明了那句台词：“你只能替她做决定”到底有多么精准。
一半跑去南法继承遗产
电影版的唐顿都是你好我好大家好，还是更喜欢电视剧的版本，有人性的多面呈现。从唐顿第一季到如今的电影第二部，所有人都老了一圈了。
并未看过之前的剧集与电影版，所以人物关系理不清楚，但是这种娓娓道来的正剧很对胃口。
老套的克隆设定，刻意设置的冲突，让这部电影看着非常拧巴，最重要的是这个所谓的爱与死亡的主题实在肤浅，尽管大部分世人都深陷于此——但其实这提醒了我一件事，那就是电影不是为了那些“成熟”的观众看的，而是为了更多没有看过和感受过的人拍摄。这正是艺术和人类的关系。
我是否接受被人代替这一点 我甚至都希望自己健全的时候有人愿意去代替我 她拿着我的身份 只要不像我那么爱逃跑 她没错我也没错 我不管现代科技把克隆体看做什么 我也不想去想她的感受 她是否想作为真正的人类 人类太自大了 毛发的生长指甲的长度 我们不想做不利于自己的牺牲 就算最后的牺牲也只是作为人类个体的消亡 自私又可笑
火炬从女性被传给女性，真的没法不爱唐顿这个善待每一个人的美好童话。很佩服编剧，回忆12年来所有的电视剧和电影剧情，Mary和祖母的相似真是呼之欲出：虽然渴望冒险，但一定不会背叛自己的原则和责任。美中不足的是马修·古迪的缺席啊，上一部迈着长腿冲上楼梯和Mary相拥的镜头我可以看100遍。
劣：人都能造出来了，病还治不好~亚洲那姐妹，记得挺恶心的，卖丑博眼球~所谓的科学家，一副圣母表情，所作所为也挺逆自然的~
唐顿庄园就是那种听篇头曲就能激动起来的故事。从开篇的婚礼到临近结束时的葬礼，到最后迎来新生儿。从默片时代到有声电影。从贵族庄园到摄影基地。从英式庄园到法国南部的别墅。虽然我超爱这种贵族气质，但是大表姐也可以去做电影配音。哈，更何况每一个庄园参与者都有一份温暖的感情。一切的一切，都好感动、好暖、好喜欢。
开始有点像机械姬。好无聊啊，空洞无物还要演这么久。20211231
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