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.
女主揭露男主真实身份信息的时候我血压就已经上来了 最奇葩的是男主居然还特么跟女主和解了 说好的原则底线呢？？？ 最后还搞一个啪戏来恶心观众我呕
很感动！开始感觉可能有点闹腾，而且因为每个演员都担任了好几个角色，会有点错位的诧异感。不过最后那种厚重感和爱的传递的正能量还是传达到了，尤其是从那些人起飞离开后开始，那种怅然若失，挺戳人的。
初高中生的议题，对于30+的男人女人还有什么惊喜可言么？
仅仅是有话题性的片就被当成好片说明现在的电影太水了，老年中产知识分子女性和年轻男性的性交易关系确实让人眼前一亮，再拍成聊天治愈系，主打解放自我，不再伪装高潮，正视欲望，抛弃衰老羞耻，保持关系界限等等，但也仅止步于此了，都是比较表面的东西，全片大部分以对话推进剧情，剧本无亮点，是为了概念攒成的概念片，更像是话剧。电影里有很多“寄托于与性工作者的交集达成自我升华”的题材，早年间就有《地狱解剖》，还有《风月俏佳人》、《撒玛利亚女孩》、《雏妓》，这类电影根本无法应用于现实生活的朋友、恋人、婚姻关系，只会给年轻观众造成一种虚假解放的错觉，谁没事会和性工作者谈心啊。有一部不错，尤里西·塞德尔的《天堂：爱》，讲老年白人女性招黑人男妓，最后得到结局只是失落，反映了西方对第三世界国家的剥削，这才是真实。
"Twenty years after 9/11. Fourteen months into the shutdown." 我就这么说了，看十篇911纪念专题报道不如看一遍CFA。片尾那首跟OBC专辑里很不一样的Welcome to the Rock也很好听
前半段(抱持与接纳，论工作中的咨询技巧实践)后半段强行转折(白眼)
文广还我现场版！这个故事太好了，消防员的妈妈，女机长，中东男穆斯林...连毛孩子都被照顾到了。20 Anniversary of 9-11
Inspiring！非常好，细腻又有趣，剧本和表演都相当不错，温柔而有力量。有勇气把女性的欲望和自我矛盾拍得这么真实生动，向艾玛汤普森致敬！Ladies, go get yourself a proper orgasm!
“你想看到一个broken whore吗？现在你看到了。 ”人类的本质是孤独，不管外在表现的多么优雅、克制，不管对方能给予多大的愉悦，内心最深处的裂痕终是需要自己去粉刷，然后和解。
好似一出优雅的性小品，在男主与老师的交流中一步一步小心翼翼冲破年龄与家庭的束缚，最终达到高潮。
前半段(抱持与接纳，论工作中的咨询技巧实践)后半段强行转折(白眼)
Emma Thompson literally glows in the end.
充分交流前提下的性治疗，一种觉醒及寻求自我的方式，认真又不乏幽默，性感又不失体面。
而这对于他们来说，又有什么所谓呢，最后的大尺度亦水到渠成。
因为疫情无法成行的本该2020四月计划去北京现场的音乐剧，官摄大法好，弥补了2020的遗憾。比起最初不小心邂逅的原声带要更好听，舞台灯光尤其是摄影色彩风格正是我所偏爱并在使用的。 911二十周年与疫情解封后的百老汇，用轻松的语言讲述沉重的事情——新鲜出炉的2021版Come From Away。 希望后疫情时期，可以有更多的剧场经典作品，以官摄并转为影片的方式，呈现给更多的人。 还是希望再补一次原班人马的现场啊
雖然有時候覺得Nancy真的patronizingly didactic，但本質上卻是對身體和愉悅的本性和途徑的探討。鏡中日益老去鬆弛的身體，連自己都棄若敝屣，又如何指望別人能愛上呢？在年齡、性別、身分甚至技巧方面的自卑，Emma用教科書般的分階演繹因材施教，坦誠相待，把自己全身心地交付出去，還順帶處理了親密關係和原生家庭問題，Once & more!
把“失足性工作者”想像的太美好了吧？心理治疗加服务？
主题格局以微见著，小成本佳作，开始观看过程有点尴尬
冰球、麋鹿、Tim Hortons……加拿大纽芬兰Gander小镇middle of nowhere。被911事件余波影响的近7000人，在这里度过最为难忘的三天，有的人生因为这三天而改变，也有的人相遇离开一切回归以前。十年后的2011年，他们再次回到Gander，感谢当地人的善良，纪念那不能被忘记的日子。
“她不再去评判自己的身体，也不会特意去赞美它，而是来到一个知道自己可以抵达愉悦的安全境地，获得无比的自由。”
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