恐龙世纪

超低温下で重力がなくなる“冷却線“を使って、宇宙人・ナタールが地球侵略を開始した。地球の各地では、鉄橋が光りながら空中へ浮き上がったり、汽船が山に激突したり、海が凍って空に逆流したりと奇怪な事件が次々に起こる。科学者たちのグループは冷却線の攻撃に対抗すべく、熱線砲を開発、彼らの基地があると思われる月へと向かうが……。熱線砲を抱えて月へ出発するスピップ号、途中出くわす宇宙ステーション、そしてナタールの円盤群など、宇宙空間を舞台に特技監督・円谷英二の腕が全編に冴えわたったSF映画。1959年の製作とは思えない凝ったディテールと凄まじいアクションが魅力。

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.

異才漫画家・来留間慎一（別名：秋恭摩）の伝奇SFアクションコミック『魔神伝』のOVA化。高校生・兵頭力は、格闘技世界一を目指す空手部部員。同部の女子・高柳涼子が案じる脇で、常に強者との死闘を望んでいた。だがそこに、異次元の魔導士ビョウドが出現。ビョウドは実は兵頭の時空を超えた分身的存在で、兵頭に強制合体、支配にかかる。だが結局は兵頭の精神の方が、両者の合体した肉体を制覇した。一方、ビョウドの現世界出現の際に、異世界の妖物・邪妖精も到来。この邪気を認めて、宇宙刑事の斬奸（さんかん）、そして念法の達人・結城が集結する。宿敵ビョウドと合体した兵頭を狙う邪妖精はやがて、兵頭に思いを寄せる後輩の女子・小山恵に接触。その肉体を取り込むが……。監督は『マクロス』シリーズほかで活躍の、マルチクリエイター板野一郎。メインアニメーター・結城信輝の作画の迫力もあって、60分の本編時間の中に、高密度で見応えのあるアクションシーンが凝縮されている。

一个迷人的探索诱惑，禁止的爱，和救赎，一个迷人和激情的故事，一个人从他自己的地狱，因为他试图赢得不可能的:宽恕和爱。