简介：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.
简介：本片是一部将伟大的摇滚乐队披头士的音乐和波普视觉艺术完美结合而成的二维插画风格的动画片，整部片子中共穿插了披头士的15首经典歌曲。影片讲述了披头士成员保罗·麦卡特尼在半梦半醒之间来到花椒国，这是一个讨厌音乐的地方，正遭遇蓝色恶魔的侵略，老船长弗莱德召集披头士成员一同乘坐黄色潜水艇共同保卫花椒国。 披头士音乐贯穿整个影片中：影片开头用George Martin（乔治·马丁，披头士音乐制作人）的弦乐描述祥和的花椒国，接着由Ringo Starr (林格·斯塔尔，披头士鼓手)演唱的“黄色潜水艇”(Yellow Submarine)则象征着花椒人民的朝气蓬勃。然而好景不长，坏蛋蓝心恶魔开始破坏花椒国的快乐与宁静，老船长征召披头士成员“一起来吧”(Come Together)，联手抗击蓝心恶魔，披头士成员装扮成花椒军士在“帕伯军士孤独之心俱乐部乐队”(Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band)的音乐中击溃了敌人，维护了他们的信念——“你需要的就是爱”（All You Need Is Love），拯救了花椒国。
主演：凯特·布兰切特,朱迪·格雷尔,克里斯汀·韦格,劳伦斯·菲什伯恩,特罗伊安·艾夫瑞·贝利萨里奥,比利·克鲁德普,约翰内斯·豪克尔·约翰内森,詹姆斯·乌尔班尼亚克,凯特·伊斯顿,理查德·罗比查乌克斯,艾玛·尼尔森,李·哈林顿,理查德·巴洛,威廉·卡尼亚,克劳迪娅·多米特,Zoe Chao,Lana Young,Katelyn Statton,Zachary Davis Brown
简介：伯纳黛特（凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett 饰）和丈夫埃尔金（比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰）结婚多年，两人共同抚养可爱的小女儿阿比（艾玛·尼尔森 Emma Nelson 饰），一家三口是别人眼里的模范家庭。这么多年来，伯纳黛特全身心的投入到了家庭的建设中去，无条件的牺牲自己，支持着丈夫的每一个选择。 最近，伯纳黛特被严重的失眠和强烈的焦虑困扰，越来越不愿意出门接触外人，将自己封闭在家里的四面墙壁内，就连丈夫和女儿也无法接近她的内心。因为伯纳黛特忽然意识到，自己的世界除了她的家人们以外，几乎一无所有。在一家人决定举家前往南极旅游的这个节骨眼上，伯纳黛特失踪了。