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.
以纳粹德国侵占捷克苏台德地区这个历史真实事件为背景，虚构了两名英德牛津同窗好友斡旋其中，试图警告英国并揭发希特勒野心…英法对纳粹德国的绥靖政策一直被后世诟病，被认为是鼓励希特勒进行更危险的尝试，本片试图从另一个角度为时任英国首相张伯伦辩护---希特勒的野心早被看破，绥靖是为了换取准备时间，而有随后的胜利---实难苟同。熟知一战的残酷历史不难理解彼时英国国内对再次欧战的恐惧和抗拒，但绝不能说张伯伦的绥靖是为了换去时间，就算希特勒当时也不知道底线到底在哪而步步为营。抛去这个“平反”的论调，这部电影可谓几无瑕疵。从节奏到结构，从服饰到道具，从音乐到摄影都极具水准，近年少见的高水平作品。只是希特勒的选型有失水准，扣半星。
我爸一边看得带劲儿，一边说：“呀，抗日神剧都不敢这么拍”
让你反思对于「电影」的审美评定是否已被单一维度的批评美学训导服帖，感官再不能纯粹享受非欧美中心以展现奇观为娱乐宗旨的疯狂奇迹。无脑热血的抗英神片，长达三小时的画面完全不讲任何文本逻辑和表意内涵，就是打光运镜的视觉塑造推到满格过饱的超英爽片，主旋律类型标准技巧无所不用其极的全席盛宴。即使无意严肃和浮夸尴尬已经是招牌卖点，卡通平面的殖民者邪恶形象还会遭致白人媒体的恶意，而久日浸淫此类影像题材的某地，不仅制作不出娱乐性质能够比肩的作品，久而久之更只剩下了灌输洗脑的仇恨教育。这段不以主题公园电影为耻反而用以宣扬文化自信的震撼银幕体验，融合好莱坞动作片的公式却找回了反当代好莱坞的原始魔力，这大都源自于主流媒体消费中缺席已久的身体对抗的激情聚焦和歌舞叙事的视听崇拜。当然，不工具人处理的女性角色是没有的。
最大败笔是大桥救小孩。火车在大桥失事困住小孩，比行星撞地球几率还低。明明一个人缠根绳子掉下去就能救，非要搞那么大阵仗，两个人又是摩托车又是马，太炫技。最妙处是丛林中 Raju 化身战神，这是印度人的浪漫主义，我非常能理解，神来之笔！如果没有这个变身，比 巴霍巴利 差太多，就这个战神拉回许多。
很难想象为什么会有杰尼斯这样一个长的性感说话也性感的人，所有英文台词都苏到爆炸
脱离实际历史，演员的演技都很到位，故事也扣人心弦。前半程的镜头晃动来营造紧迫感，有点头晕。 如果联系真实历史，给绥靖政策找一个角度来辩解的话——绥靖政策是给英国本土充分的备战时间，貌似有洗白的嫌疑。
赵子龙和武松强强联手 让日不落的老爷摆脱了地球引力
也看不出是悬疑，两位小哥的友谊是看点，张伯伦和希特勒反正也就那样了
剧情非常契合今天的夜宵烧烤暴力事件，结局是男女老幼所有人都获得了枪，每个人都该有把枪。不常见的南印度泰卢固语，抛开开挂问题，动作设计特别有意思而且很燃。每次起跑出拳都要匀速慢镜头特写让人以为动作指导是扎克施耐德。
故事有点不可信啊，安保这么差的吗？德国外交官随随便便就可以见英国首相？外交官去见希特勒可以带枪不用搜身？我书读得少也不能这么骗我吧……
印度抗英神剧，还蛮燃的，感觉到了一些父辈们看抗日神剧时的爽感。
0622 可以理解美国人什么都没看过觉得它很好看
不必发生在自己国家才意识到
真的不知道哪来的优越感。
大家理解水平各不相同
同门出身 观念不合 立场不同 但为了世界和平这个相同的目标重新聚首 虽然无法改变历史 至少他们努力尝试过了 不过除了两位男主的来电 其他内容就是堂历史课
Hope is waiting for other people to act, I have to fight.
德国地下抵抗组织呜呜呜
我再也不说咱们手撕鬼子那样神剧了比起这部片长三小时的宝莱坞巨制史诗电影来说那都浮云。宝莱坞歌舞为我们抒写了可歌可泣的抗英大戏就如《赛德克·巴莱》剧情加歌舞和夸张武打效果真阿三脑洞也领我佩服，升格实在太多了！
但選擇此時拍此片，導演的信息已經傳達出來了。
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