蓝海传说

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.

1949年，新中国建立之初。江山初定，百废待兴，和平的表象下没有硝烟的战争早已拉开序幕。败逃台湾的国民党接连向大陆派出特工，伺机破坏。为了应对接二连三的破坏活动，中共成立情报部门701局与敌方展开连番较量。同年10月初，701局控制的侦听局莫名消失，为了查清消失电台的下落，701局负责人老鬼（王学兵 饰）授命代号二〇〇的张学宁（周迅 饰）去上海寻找耳力超群的钢琴调音师罗三耳。结果阴差阳错，学宁找到了罗德小徒弟——耳力同样超群的盲人调音师阿兵（梁朝伟 饰）。阿兵不负众望，不仅通过层层严苛的考试，还在工作中一鸣惊人。在残酷的谍报战争中，阿兵和学宁之间某种情愫也暗暗滋生……

远远看去就是一个普普通通的中年大叔，谁曾想到他竟然是天界的见习财神（贾冰 饰）。按照计划，只要再帮助一个好人发财，那么他就可以转为正式财神。谁知好事多磨，当他施展法术时，财运符的光打到了小混混肖洒（于洋 饰）的身上，并且法术无法撤销。万般无奈之下，见喜财神只能将错就错，上前表露身份。当然，肖洒不可能相信中年大叔的一派胡言，可是接二连三的发的小财和好运又让他对这个见习财神多了几分信任。不过财神告诉他，如果想发大财，还是需要多行好事，做个好人。就在此时，肖洒的社会大哥找上门来，一番输出后不仅让肖洒债台高筑，还差点丢掉性命。走投无路之际，肖洒只能求助财神帮忙……

★1973 電影旬報年度十大第七位「日本激進主義三部曲」的第三部（第二部則是《英雄煉獄》），回溯1936年的失敗兵變「二二六事件」思想源頭，日本著名思想家北一輝與深受他影響的激進青年間的關係。刺客與烈士成就革命與改變，然而吉田喜重更在乎的卻是背後那股力量如何形成、是否經歷層層角力、算計和妥協，本片有著比史蒂芬史匹柏的《林肯》更強勁的逼人力道，比若松孝二的《三島由紀夫：殉日》更質樸純粹的美學形式，堪稱吉田喜重集其大成之作。