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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.

本片于1989年获第三十四届亚太影展最佳 女主角奖（陆小芬），同年获第二十 六届台湾金马奖最佳美术设计奖（张 季平、栗通、李宝琳、陈耀圻）。动荡的时代，一个备受争议的女人……亚太影展最佳女主角陆小芬与台湾当红小生马景涛主演。春燕是个新寡的农家女，在以母亲为代表的理教规范下，情绪上常常被幼时的一段往事所压抑。当她被母亲安排再嫁到县城官宦之后的张府，成为少爷的续弦，春燕的朴拙在新的婚姻关系下，愈发地格格不入。她憧憬这第二次婚姻能在物质富裕的环境中，与知书达礼的年轻丈夫厮守一生。她曲意承欢，期待着夫婿的爱意。但张少爷瞧不起春燕的出身，娶她的目的在于抚育幼子，及满足生理需求。他整日沉缅在过去特权阶级的繁华梦中，在“洪宪帝制”时，费尽心机攀附权贵，欲谋得一官半职。春燕暗自埋怨自己的命运。对门卖绣花线的年轻男子秉中很尊重她，使她感到亲切。他们终于相爱了，决定远走高飞。在私奔时，被丈夫拦截。张少爷毒打春燕后把她囚禁起来，并用钱财疏通秉中，让他迅速离开城镇。因而神不知鬼不觉地平息了这桩威胁张家“名声"的事端。春燕在暗室里度过了三个月“疗伤”的日子，终于从创痛中醒悟过来，接受了母亲、丈夫、家人、环境所付与她的现实生活。帝制失败后，张少爷也不再趾高气扬。春燕的几分风韵，取代了往日的土气。她认同了豪门的礼教规范，与妯娌之间亦言笑甚欢。惟在不经心的时候，才会看到春燕眼神中压抑的悲痛和怨愤。

一转眼，克里斯托弗（Brady Bluhm 配音）就到了上学的年龄，要去学校报到了，这也就意味着，他必须离开森林，离开森林里的朋友们了。克里斯托弗写了一封信给动物们作为临别留言，然而，动物们却误解了信上的内容。它们以为克里斯托弗遇到了麻烦急需帮助，一拍即合之下，动物们踏上了营救克里斯托弗的旅途。憨厚可爱的小熊维尼（吉姆·库宁斯 Jim Cummings 配音）、活泼开朗的小猪皮杰（约翰·菲尔德 John Fiedler 配音）、聪慧好动的跳跳虎（保罗·温切尔 Paul Winchell 配音）、德高望重的猫头鹰（Andre Stojka 配音），在未知的远方，会有怎样有趣而又刺激的故事正在等待着它们呢？

该片讲述了菲多利公司的清洁工理查德·蒙塔涅斯 (Richard Monta?ez) 的故事，他凭借自己的墨西哥裔美国人血统和成长经历，他将热辣奇多变成了一种能够颠覆食品行业的零食，甚至成为了一种全球现象。