赎金1996

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument
　　Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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

　　西西弗兰卡·波坦特 Franka Potente 饰是一名性格十分内向少言寡语的护士虽然个性羞怯但西西十分懂得如何照顾旁人总是将她的耐心和爱心分享给周遭的朋友们因此每个人都很喜欢这个可爱文静的姑娘
　　一场意外中小偷波多本诺·福尔曼 Benno Fuehrmann 饰驾车逃跑不巧撞到了正在过马路的西西西西陷入了昏迷之中性命垂危在这个节骨眼上是罪魁祸首波多果断而又机智的挽回了西西的性命将她送进了医院对于波多来说西西只是他惊险刺激的人生里的一场小小的意外可对于西西而言她和波多的相遇犹如命中注定康复后的西西踏上了寻找波多的旅途

　　一对即将分离的情侣彼此取暖；一位老妇人沉浸在过往爱情岁月；一对玩伴畅想移民美国成为职业棒球球员在古巴内陆城市圣安东尼奥德洛斯巴尼奥斯时间似乎停滞不前三组人物构成的情感世界在这里流动展开意大利导演托马索·桑坦博吉奥在这部影片中倾诉自己对古巴社会中的爱情和离别的思考影片中三组人物不仅是导演对过去老妇人现在恋人将来玩伴的真诚思考同时也是他对古巴社会图景的再现导演用海浪的声音凸显陆地与海洋的关系并使用黑白影像来颠覆人们对五彩斑斓的古巴的认知影片入围第80届威尼斯电影节威尼斯日平行单元