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.
结尾的魔幻时刻让人动容，在她温柔眼眸里留下的怀念，誓死维护的对电影的热爱
印象最深的是永野芽郁抬眼看着菅田将暉，没有说什么但眼里满满的感情，真是太美了！男主的才华他的执着，在老年后什么也没展现出来，总觉得老年部分少了点什么。寺岛忍，这个相比起来铁石心肠的女儿我觉得演得好自然，北川景子真的太美太适合黑白片了！这片儿让我感觉最好的就是这三个女人。淑子从始自终都更喜欢ゴウちゃん，跟他结了婚可能会后悔，但如果不跟他在一起就一定会后悔。即使ゴウちゃん欠了高利贷出了轨也不忍心看他一个人生活没有人照顾他。虽然并不是一个爱情故事的片儿但这部分是最震撼我的。在已知后来的情况下去看回忆杀，很义无反顾，我很容易被这种感动。至于跟电影的羁绊，被电影拯救的部分，都太碎了，不提也罢。
依旧是山田洋次式的家庭空间、女性出走/逃离与最终抚慰式的又多少有点一厢情愿的和解的答案，不过难得的是第一次看到有人而且是年纪这么大的导演，如此直接甚而是有点笨拙地探讨新冠时代的观影体验以及电影和影院空间之于人的意义，只不过最终从银幕里伸出的电影之手，没有真正表现出电影的力量，和很多个角色的肢体表达一样，是过于漫画式的。
好醉的一杯春梦，陈了这么多年没喝，早该挥发光了的。
[2021.09.30 @bc] +，看完了高先做的一周山田洋次电影展，无缝衔接电影之神，还是被狠狠戳到了，献给电影的电影。
剧本家。编剧。
看完这部，基本上算是和山田洋次导演告别了，实在不喜欢他片中演员的话剧般的表演方式，即使是之前口碑不错的家族之苦也是如此。况且这一部结构上也很有问题，青春、亲情、热爱、新冠，想表达的太多，又很蹩脚。
3.5 /忙到忘记mark了。因为入场前被二位友人预告了这次不是那么好，片前还有爷爷访问，说疫情拍得好艰难，于是观影过程里我反而产生了一种“还行嘛，也没很不好呀，爷爷没事的！不是还行的嘛！”这样的心情哈哈。 现代部分问题比较大，年代部分好很多，看苏打和永野芽郁两个人我就已经得到快乐了！永野芽郁太可爱了！！！然后就是我不太喜欢泽田研二的表演，很难共情。/ 爷爷长命百岁！
松竹映画一百年，所以山田洋次拍了这部电影，是想说电影是如何改变了一个人甚至是一群人的人生。不过这个剧本实在是写得太僵硬了，但还是有感人的点。山田洋次依然非常与时俱进。不喜欢男主的表演，非常膈应。
电影的侧重点有些奇怪，与“拍电影”有关的段落没着墨多少，倒是在无聊的四角恋浪费了不少功夫，而且这个四角恋设置的非常非常的突兀又没有说服力，再加上结尾那种很“自我自私”的处理，整体观感就很爽文视角
但是这个片的几段（模仿小津拍原节子的）片中黑白片片段还是比这个整片大部分风格它自己的镜头观感好看多了……
剧本太无聊了甚至腐朽。有创新的稚嫩想法，没有落实的坚决信念，最后回归放荡的本性任其一生。理所当然地仗着他人的爱意和奉献而“过得幸福”，拾起来才华就可以一帆风顺，家庭和人生的失职则可以弃之不顾。洋次郎是带资进组吗（笑）
2021北影节充满仪式感的结束。电影之神保佑导演，明年再见！
剧本家。编剧。
漫不经心的看了15分钟，没看出在讲啥，于是弃剧
疫情初始，这片子拍得也是一波三折， 终于成功上映；“电影之神”始终庇佑像山田洋次那样抓住彩虹的人。
虽然算不上一流作品，但现今拍松竹纪念片最合适的导演还是山田洋次了吧，点子上用了巴斯特·基顿和伍迪·艾伦，男主其实还是寅次郎的化身，泽田研二好几次夸张表演我都觉得是在模仿渥美清，可惜让苏打演青年男主，他还是太积极好少年了，很难想象会沉沦成阿寅那个样儿。最后绕来绕去还是得提到小津呀，松竹顶流属实。
酗酒欠债，78岁获得了剧本新人奖，算是完成了年轻时想做导演的梦。
30/8/2021 @ 英皇iSquare [summeriff]。算是近年山田洋次的失手之作吧。雖然好幾段有被感動到，但老實說年輕組和現代組兩段的割裂感太大了，而且真的談到電影有關的情節比想像中少。個人覺得尾段用自己方式去講Save the Cinema，可能才是山田洋次在經過後疫情時代最想拍的東西吧。
实话说这一部算是较差的，本意是电影救赎，却用了大量篇幅讲三角恋，以及桂圆子和阿乡的关系，北川景子挺好看的。
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