◎简 介 以扣人心弦的笔法诉说身兼小偷人质狭持者精神病与游民等多重身份的男子史都华一生的故事除了描绘他前科累累放荡不羈的鲜活人生也藉此带出了英国下层社会有关暴力毒品监狱与犯罪等令人震撼的面貌以极度真实而又几近残酷的写实手法刻画出史都华失败潦倒的一生但令人惊喜的是作者与史都华都未以悲伤或自怜的口气来诉说哀伤的生命片段反而能以充满趣味的口吻娓娓道来使得整本书在浓鬱的哀愁中却洋溢著活泼生动的韵律是这部作品最奇特也最具吸引力的地方 获奖2008年英国电影学院奖提名最佳男演员
17年前三个好朋友相约上山不料遭遇意外被困雪山幸好最终成功获救自此三人成为生死之交多年来感情深厚泰贤池晟 饰是个兢兢业业具有正义感的消防员与妻女过着清贫而和美的生活；仁哲朱智勋 饰就职于保险公司为人聪明机灵常常投机取巧；民洙李光洙 饰是三人中混得最不济的经营着自己的小生意平日很依赖这两位好朋友 为了骗取高额保险金仁哲联合了泰贤的母亲策划了一起抢劫纵火案件素来胆小怕事的民洙被仁哲说服也参与了这起案件然而事情并没有按照计划进行悲剧接连发生三个好朋友共同卷入了这起悲剧的漩涡中心
职业摩托赛车手巴德•克雷文森特•加洛 Vincent Gallo 饰独自驾车从新罕布什尔州出发他将要参加五天后在加州举行的比赛孤独的旅程让人心绪万千关于那旧日爱人的回忆慢慢浮现脑中黛西Chloë Sevigny 饰一个让他魂牵梦绕且愁绪满怀的名字这个美丽如同妖精的女孩曾让巴德感受到爱的温暖而如今她身在何方巴德一路前行邂逅了一个又一个充满个性美丽温柔的女孩她们短暂慰籍着他的心灵却最终都被抛在身后无论怎样她们无法取代黛西的地位一如那旧日回忆久久萦绕盘桓…… 本片2003年入选戛纳电影节角逐金棕榈奖却遭到了灾难性的评价
约翰·法罗执导的一部涉案片讲述了一个出版大享凭借过人的胆识和智慧为自己洗刷谋杀罪名的故事影片包容了言情悬疑诸多元素情节跌宕起伏扣人心弦 出版大亨乔纳森拥有世界上最精确最独特的私人大钟这个钟造价高过60万美元可以知道世界任何一个地方的时间乔治就在这个出版机构任职多年来他忙于工作连和妻子去度蜜月的时间都被突而其来的新闻采访所占去内心深处觉得非常亏欠妻子就在他准备休假陪妻子度蜜月时他卷入了一起谋杀案他所带领的团队负责向读者披露案件侦破过程一个又一个的疑点对他相当不利尽管他是无辜的在紧张的调查过程中他利用自己过人的胆识和智慧为自己洗脱了罪名
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
