交响情人梦特别篇

里奥（约翰·吉尔伯特 John Gilbert 饰）和乌尔里希（拉尔斯·汉森 Lars Hanson 饰）是从小玩到大的好友，两人之间的友谊十分的坚实。一次偶然中，里奥邂逅了名为费莉希蒂（葛丽泰·嘉宝 Greta Garbo 饰）的女人，虽然费莉希蒂已经结了婚，但是他们依然不可自持的坠入了情网之中。在一次偷情的过程中，费莉希蒂的丈夫意外归来撞破了奸情，在决斗中，里奥获胜了。之后，身败名裂的里奥被上司派往非洲执行任务，为期五年之久，临走前，里奥将费莉希蒂托付给乌尔里希照料。一晃眼多年过去，当里奥再度回到家乡时却发现，费莉希蒂早已经嫁给了乌尔里希。

穷凶极恶、臭名昭著的恐怖组织爆炸党，在东南亚地区犯下累累罪行，为了金钱他们杀人放火、勒索绑架，无恶不作。同时他们行踪诡秘，小心谨慎，令各国警方抓不到任何把柄，反倒因此损兵折将，为此大为苦恼。为了彻底铲除这群暴徒，警方请来正在休假的女特警009，代号铁观音（何莉莉 饰），请她打入爆炸党内部获取情报。化名艾丝的铁观音来之河内，与另一位负责前期调查的探员保罗接头，谁知对方却在会面时当场暴毙。而在追踪联络者的路上，艾丝又误入对方的圈套，几番缠斗后几欲丧命。关键时刻，多亏有过一面之缘的邓雷（唐菁 饰）相助方得脱身。他们联手开始了摧毁爆炸党的战斗……

某山村长年为狼患滋扰，小玉（黎莉莉 饰）的哥哥、赵二的儿子、李老爹、刘三夫妇的儿子接连被恶狼所害。众人有心除害，然迷信的茶馆老板赵二却认为狼有山神护佑，打不尽、杀不绝，贸然行事还容易触怒神灵。由于人们的纵容和恐惧，狼害愈加严重，甚至光天化日之下冲入村中伤人。人们忍无可忍，在小玉、刘三（刘琼 饰）和老张（张翼 饰）的带领下，团结起来上山打狼。蓝苹在影片中出演刘三妻子一角，在某场戏时，曾用力过猛一脚踩空磕掉两颗牙齿。拍摄期间不满戏份过少，曾逼迫费穆加戏，“费穆被她纠缠得烦了，不得以加了几个在灶前用柴火烧饭、在家里干杂活的镜头——引自《电影的踪迹：中国电影文化史评》”。

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.