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类型：喜剧片
主演：安德林妮·夏莉 罗伯特·约翰·伯克 马特·马洛伊 凯莉·莱卡特
导演：霍尔·哈特利
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：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 prisonerpenitent 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 notare 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.
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类型：剧情片
主演：奥布瑞·普拉扎 帕克·波西 连姆·艾肯 罗伯特·约翰·伯克 马丁·唐文
导演：霍尔·哈特利
语言：英语
年代：未知
简介：《内德的步枪》是三部曲的最终章，前两部分别是《傻子亨利》(Henry Fool)和《国家密码》(Fay Grim)，为以另类眼光看美国社会的边缘提供了一个恰到好处的结尾。 在这部电影中，Henry（Thomas Jay Ryan 饰，《傻子亨利》片中角色）和Fay（Parker Posey 饰，《国家密码》片中角色）也出现了，但他们变成了一幅画像，慈爱地看着他们的儿子Ned，Ned今年十八岁，最近才刚从证人保护计划中释放。尽管基督教徒从他的养父-一个教堂牧师手中接过他抚养，但Ned还是设定了报仇的目标：杀死他的父亲，因为那个人毁了他母亲的生活。当这个严肃又端庄的年轻人开始他的复仇之旅，他很快就发现自己进入了典型的哈特利式的异端分子的团伙中……
