燃烧的棕榈

　　Deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation, 20 January 2007
　　Author: TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA
　　"Wild in the Streets" comes from the same school of film making that spawned other attempts to connect to the counterculture such as "Skidoo" and "Candy". The difference between this and the aforementioned films is that "Wild in the Streets" is reasonably clever and well-made. It isn't sympathetic to the counterculture and will likely offend those with fond memories of the time. Surprisingly, it was a big hit when released and appealed to the youth whom it ridiculed so much. Unlike "The Trip" and "Psych-Out" (two other AIP films), its not an accurate representation of the movement at all. However it does work as social satire.
　　The direction by Barry Shear is good and makes innovative use of split screen photography. Plus, he keeps everything moving at a quick pace. In its funny moments, the film works well. In its attempts at drama, its helplessly dated and just as funny as the humorous moments. Christopher Jones underplays his role and Shelly Winters overacts. Hal Holbrook offers the best performance and Diane Varsi achieves the right note of "grooviness". The script by Robert Thom has its moments, especially the ending (easily the most ingenious part of the film). "Wild in the Streets" isn't perfect, but deserves recognition as an interesting misunderstanding of the hallucination generation. Those into this kind of kitsch will enjoy it the most. I'd rather watch "The Trip" or "Psych-Out" however. (6/10)
　　-from imdb

　　出演 : 高倉健／池部良／三田佳子／松方弘樹／梅宮辰夫／菅原謙二／室田日出男
　　監督 : 佐伯清
　　終戦直後の浅草。戦地から戻った神津組の寺島は、露天商街の縄張り争いから新誠会と対立。やがて縄張り争いは激化し、寺島は客人の風間と共に新誠会に殴り込みをかける…。
　　高倉健の主演で人気を博した「昭和残侠伝」シリーズの第1作目。敵方の青年との対立と不思議な友情を交え、若き熱血親分の活躍を描く娯楽任侠映画。瓦礫だらけの街から、悪を根絶やしにするため、熾烈な戦いが繰り広げられる。ヒロインは三田佳子。シリーズに欠かせない池辺良もいい味を出している。殴り込みのシーンで流れる、高倉健自らが歌う「唐獅子牡丹」も大ヒットした。

　　凯蒂（贝拉·索恩 Bella Thorne 饰）自幼便患上了罕见的着色性干皮症，对于常人来说非常普通的紫外线，照在凯蒂的身上将会对她造成致命创伤。无奈之中，凯蒂只能在白天太阳还没落山的时候待在家中，靠着一把吉他弹奏谱曲为乐，但是一旦夜晚降临，凯蒂的时间就开始了，带着她心爱的吉他，凯蒂来到火车站，站在路边上自弹自唱。
　　一天，一位名叫查理（帕特里克·施瓦辛格 Patrick Schwarzenegger 饰）的男子被凯蒂的歌声所吸引驻足观看，开朗活泼的凯蒂令他坠入了情网。让凯蒂没有想到的是，查理竟然是自己曾经暗恋过的人，为了能够抓住这段感情，凯蒂决定隐瞒自己的病情。

　　故事发生在一九五零年代的泰国.一桩黑市珠宝买卖之中,探员区肥威被黑社会头子查天雄所杀.伟的女儿真真誓要代父报仇.真真得伟之好朋友耶大歌,梅菜及豆豉之帮助,联手用计对付查.此时,查亦雇用贼人偷取自己的珠宝向保险公司诈取保金,却被苗等捷足先登,取去珠宝.苗等偷龙凤,将假珠宝埋在田间,并广布消息,引查到来......

　　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.