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.
#NYFF59# 主演演技封神！科恩兄把莎士比亚直接搬上荧幕，配乐和镜头都非常赞。奈何没有字幕的古体英语我只听懂了50%，好在知道故事梗概，但仍需要看字幕再来一遍
不过两个人的游乐场还挺浪漫
一双崭新的白色匡威迎接全新的人生～戳爷帅的嘞～
（7.0/10）乔尔·科恩这次的活儿实际不多啊，个别场景删掉了，有几个调换了次序。给人感觉还是一部舞台剧的录像，但丰富的机位变化得以更好地捕捉演员的表情，不过仅此而已，更多的空间关系并没有得到很好的构造。摄影是范本级的。其实我偏爱那种精神内核一脉相承但是外表魔改的莎剧。
NYFF世界首映，科恩夫妇都来了。知道剧情，台词听不懂，只能赞赏一下摄影美学。虽然是apple tv出品，但影片开头黑屏一下转白，不由感叹这只能在影院看呐/二刷开头，麦克白从迷雾中走向镜头那一幕，绝了
抛开戳的颜来说真的挺平淡 甚至可以说是无聊的剧情
戳爷真的好可爱好适合，又是夏天，夏天真的是青春的集合
Troye with an E.
戏剧总有一种魔力，会把电影拽入平庸的深渊。科恩找到了表现主义这把钥匙，打开了那扇联通两个世界的门。我看完震撼得只想问：“科恩，兄dei！考虑把莎士比亚都拍一遍嘛？”
这就是那种明明质量很高但是你却喜欢不起来的电影，一是受不了如此之多的黑人出现在莎翁剧里，厌恶这种无处不在，不知所云的政治正确；二是受不了丹泽尔·华盛顿这张正义满满的脸，他演不了麦克白这种正邪两面派的角色；三是感觉看了一场舞台剧，而不是一场电影，虽然太多的画面美轮美奂#2022奥斯卡阅片倒计时#
哪哪儿都不对味，包括表演，黑奴版麦克白很别扭
看着发觉是《蜘蛛巢城》的剧本，而后才想起蜘蛛是黑泽明改编自莎士比亚的麦克白。隽永经典的剧本，权力跟财富是人类永远追逐相争的悲剧。黑白的摄影刻意舞台剧化，黑人演员占据主要角色，种种改变重塑经典，有新意没突破。
David Bowie or Taylor Swift 是一次与众不同的邂逅才明白的付出值得 是三个月里对情感体验的漫延成长 是佛罗里达夏天的青春糖水
画面挺青春，戳跟女闺蜜可以再合作一部，对手戏倒是挺自然的！
6/10。继承了威尔斯的表现主义美学创造，借助逼仄的空间加扭曲的阴影，有层次而逐步进入黑暗的人物内心。整座城堡被设计成一个方形塔，布景的纹理精简到极致，麦克白和士兵的皮革、盔甲是由中等色调的亚麻棉缝制，他们在廊道和柱子的垂直线道上行进，有力地创造景深，这部分建筑设计呈现出心理惊悚的特质。为配合台词和整体风格，表情和肢体动作也尽量收敛，例如麦克白夫人烧了信走到阳台撒开手的动作，表演得过分温吞缺乏一种强大的内力，突出她的阴狠。幽深的人物环境进一步强化，凄凉的田野荒草和沼泽的女巫倒影，闯入宴会厅外的乌鸦和窗外纷飞袭来的树叶，最为惊人之处是女巫带来的二次预言，婴儿的小手指落入浸满室内的水池，映射出麦克白寻找命运突破口的迷失状态。但除了几何形态的场景布置，似乎找不到改编的意义。
Why, are we rly gon rave abt somethin‘ Orson had already done so well 70 yrs ago? Acting's AWFUL😑WORST MACBETH EVER MADE
没有预想的好，故事很平淡，但是充满夏日气息的高饱和度画面，和回春的戳爷散发出的少年感，真是赏心悦目
像是上了一堂戏剧鉴赏课，美学价值突出，电影价值匮乏。
本以为看标题会很好看，但我错了，剧情Fuck烂，画面却很美，但为了戳爷，我坚持看到底!
在经典文学的大山面前，从文本层面的确很难突破了。也许为了另辟蹊径，导演很努力地在影像层面上做突破，黑白的色调让画面变得肃穆，简约的置景让人物的肖像成为核心，还有古典的构图，这些让这部电影太像伯格曼拍的了。
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