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.

精通化装术、善于模仿各类型人物的聪明人葛亮（姜大卫饰）是一江湖奇人，为人正义，行走江湖时经常行侠仗义，游戏人间！青年镖师曾勇（李修贤饰）、曾敢（王钟饰）兄弟押镖期间遭到山匪劫镖，损失三万大洋，其后曾勇被保安队捕往监狱，屈打成招，控以劫杀罪行。曾敢不忍其兄被冤枉，于是前往找葛亮帮忙，葛亮以不同身份侦查，得悉案件与保安队长罗金英（陈观泰饰）、土匪高野（史仲田饰）和土豪黄雄生（佟林饰）有关，是他们设圈套让曾勇作替死鬼，独吞三万大洋。于是，葛亮使计将罗、高、黄三人绳之于法，还曾氏兄弟一个清白。《七面人》是一部侠义奇情电影，卖点就在主角姜大卫一人分饰多角，他千变万化的造型让人眼界大开。本片由鲍学礼导演，他是江苏人，1936年出生于南京，1949年到台湾，年青时半时半工半读，日间在三极高工上课，晚上在台湾电影制片厂印片间工作，毕业后在台制工作六年，助理摄影师。1967年赴港正式任邵氏公司摄影师三年，主要拍摄岳枫、张彻的作品。1970年开始升任导演，首作为《太阴指》，其后有多部影片与张彻合导。1977年脱离邵氏，回台湾为燕升等公司拍武侠片，并与妻靳蜀美合组裕丰公司拍片，多数为夫导妻编之作，主要作品有《万箭穿心》、《的士司机》、《二等兵》等。

震撼一時的話題作. 山田足足構思了五年, 並用上一年時間, 由南而北, 縱橫日本列島拍攝而成. 日本經濟起飛, 在家鄉長崎當煤礦工人的精一因公司倒閉, 決定與妻兒及老父前往北海道尋找新天地. 從長崎到博多, 大阪, 東京, 一家人在途上歷盡滄桑...... 與別不同的公路電影風格, 充滿紀實的拍攝手法, 為故事倍添迫力; 既滿溢家族情義, 又道盡死別之苦. 荒丘上的兩個十字架, 令人黯然垂淚.为了丈夫的梦想，妻子说服爷爷带着孩子，告别熟悉平静的小岛，举家迁往远方的小镇。一路上，他们途经长崎、大阪、东京等地，城市里的一切是如此新鲜而刺激，同时也令他们感到陌生而冷漠。当他们满怀梦想，憧憬着美好的未来时，命运却和他们开了玩笑：可爱的小女儿在途中病逝，爷爷也在到达小镇后不久去世了。冬天的小镇白雪皑皑，冰冷而哀伤。他们彷徨无助，心灰意冷，但村民的热情和关心重新燃起了他们生活的希望。他们盼望着，盼望着冰雪消融，盼望着春天的来到。六月，春天终于到了，青绿的牧场，新生的生命，一切似乎姗姗来迟却令人欣喜心醉、难以忘怀。

大战绿妖之后，蜘蛛侠帕克（托比?马奎尔 Tobey Maguire 饰）忍痛拒绝了他唯一的挚爱玛丽（克尔斯滕?邓斯特 Kirsten Dunst 饰），因为蜘蛛侠的身份会为自己和亲人带来巨大危险，帕克决定独立承担起蜘蛛侠的责任。帕克一直在忙于应付各种挑战：学习超能力的灵活运用；在超级英雄与平凡大学生的双重身份下隐藏自我、小心翼翼地生活等等。帕克对玛丽越来越难以自拔，但是作为蜘蛛侠又不能对玛丽展开心扉。好友哈利因为误会蜘蛛侠而一直处处与其为作对；唯一的亲人婶婶也对蜘蛛侠的真实身份产生了怀疑。同时，新的挑战又出现了：邪恶而强大的章鱼博士。帕克在种种压力下肩负起蜘蛛侠的使命。