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.
曾经想仗剑走天涯，后来因为工作太忙只好当了工头。
最后果然还是没有和群众站在一起。路都是自己选的，可以选择自己过的不好，也可以选择深渊，但深渊迟早会被填平——如果在一个大多数人都在受苦的环境下，你过得好本身就是有罪的。
这情况，现实无处不在啊。
看完真的太佩服韩国的创作者们了，谁能将数学和民族情怀还可以这样结合在一起呢？现在的人苦于生计功利，只能做个解题者而远离了学术本身的意义。这部电影很大程度上在讽刺着当今教育制度对人才的摧残，透过天才数学家的眼睛重新领略一次数学独有的美丽，用圆周率弹出钢琴曲的那个场景深深折服人心，让我们有机会像教授一样激动不已。崔岷植的演技自然是无与伦比的，更重要的是发挥了引导节奏的作用，像个真正的导师引领着年轻演员完成画面，整个过程显得更加自然流畅。可惜后半段掺入不必要的内容，降低了电影的完成度。
开头bwv846我哭了 中间音乐会是什么fake马友友xs 韩国片总带点狗血 瑕不掩瑜
崔岷植演技精彩 一种大马力发动机安装到小型汽车里的感觉 故事情节略俗套
片中对数学之美的讲述和数学家对数学的信仰令人折服。但剧情平浅，好像国内的青春片。
不说片子拍摄的怎么样，最先看到都是编剧能力的成熟，对于文科生天书般的数学，角度选得挺厉害，如果我在年轻时遇到一个智者这么跟我讲欧拉定律或者钢琴演奏圆周率，我或者任何一个年轻人都一定会爱上数学！再就是创作思维一直是两边都批判批判就一定没错的，一边是数学研究服务于武器制造偏离了数学家对于研究的自由追求，到了南韩呢，数学只是为了服务考试未来找个好工作的工具。。。
ᐈ我这辈子没见过这么多汽车
只想说看破不说破 看不懂这个片子真不怨你 键盘侠勿扰
“不可能从错误的问题中得出正确的答案”
师生情，父子情，都是互相治愈缺失的部分。希望此生能遇到理解你的好老师。
前一个小时温馨且俗套，后面五十分钟只剩下俗套了
小制作电影，生存面前男主不得不在人性的善与恶之间挣扎，很压抑，很无奈，发人深思，好的电影确实回味无穷，奈飞出品必是精品强烈推荐
如果不考虑政治因素，这片子前1个小时可以看，后面基本上属于狗尾续貂，愣是要升华主题，但实际矛盾和高潮已经错过，1个小时候就会显得很尴尬。但如果加上政治因素……你就看这个名字，就知道棒子们想干啥了
《哥德尔、艾舍尔、巴赫：集异璧之大成》尤其巴赫的音乐出来的时候
get到的点是，韩国电影的温情，数学之美，少年大叔同样缺失又互相治愈，忘年交，π的演奏曲...
残酷的现实打垮了友谊。怎么出人头地，那就是灭掉良心，狠下来
看着看着就想了《闻香识女人》，剧情走向怎么这么相似呢？
这里不是监狱，却比监狱更加黑暗。人性都是现实的，其他三个人不是可以抗拒诱惑，而是根本没有得到诱惑的机会。导演真敢拍。
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