迷墙

　　乔恩（多姆纳尔·格利森 Domhnall Gleeson 饰）是一个热爱音乐的年轻人，某天误打误撞加入了一支有点神经质的地下乐队，乐队的主唱兼灵魂人物是弗兰克（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰）——既是才华横溢的天才、又是终日戴着一个硕大头套的 怪人。乔恩跟着乐队到爱尔兰某个偏僻的小木屋里录制专辑，他们在此过上几近与世隔绝的生活。这一年来，乔恩一直私自将他们的生活以视频的形式发布在社交网络上。终于，乐队的奇特经历引起了某个音乐节主办方的关注，乔恩说服成员们远赴美国参加这个叫西南偏南（SXSW）的音乐节，藉此成名。
　　本片根据乔恩·强森的回忆录改编。片中的乐队领袖弗兰克以Chris Sievey为原型。Chris Sievey在七八十年代红极一时，他同时是个风趣演员，以喜剧形象“Frank Sidebottom”驰誉。在弗兰克身上还能看到Daniel Johnston、Captain Beefheart等特立独行的音乐人的影子。

　　承接“饕餮自助”，扎克与凯西的关系陷入冰河期，但他们报名的夏季戏剧营已经不能取消。来到营地后两人各有际遇：扎克与饰演对手戏的本奇互生好感，但后者一直谎称直男；凯西感受到威胁，求助同人女潘妮结果越帮越忙，更懵不知自己沦为同室帅哥比欧的猎物。来添乱的是，荡女蒂凡尼一跃成为戏剧老师，靠拍同志片沟女的指导员杰森对变性学生莉莉情不自禁，海伦姨妈竟然因为一个叫安迪的壮男焕发第二春！当然人在抓马营，湿身不由己，这次他们要糟蹋——噢不，表演——的剧目是莎士比亚的名作：驯悍记。强攻强受的勾心斗角同时在真假两个舞台上演..……

　　史蒂夫（比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰）是一名海洋纪录片导演，他的作品曾经为许多孩子的童年披上了梦幻的色彩。在一次拍摄中，史蒂夫的老朋友死于美洲虎鲨之口，这让史蒂夫深受打击，他发誓要找到虎鲨，为友报仇，并且将此作为新片的题材。在发布会上，史蒂夫遇见了自称是自己儿子的耐德（欧文·威尔逊 Owen Wilson 饰），他遂邀请这个年轻人加入他的创作团队。史蒂夫要面临的难题很多，资金短缺，和妻子的感情不和，并且，他所拍摄的纪录片已经渐渐的失去了吸引力。
　　一位名叫珍妮（凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett）的记者加入了史蒂夫的团队，她要为他写一本个人传记，然而，她和史蒂夫的相处并不融洽，倒是和耐德越走越近，这让史蒂夫醋意大发。同时，耐德的真实身份也让史蒂夫心寸怀疑。一群海盗的光临让史蒂夫的计划彻底破产，一名船员也惨遭绑架，面对这样糟糕的境况，身经百战的史蒂夫能够完成他的复仇计划吗？

　　从近处看，米克尔似乎在欲望的笼罩中四处走动：找到他失踪的猪，获得生物学证明，在菜子沙漠中打破孤独。 但是，更进一步，米克尔似乎反而吸引了保罗。

　　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.

　　懒人镇，镇如其名，在这里看不到紧张忙碌的工作场面，也碰不见行色匆匆的路人。温暖慵懒的空气缓缓流动，黑人镇民以及小动物们仿佛被沙仙施了魔法一般都陷入沉睡之中，整个小镇没有一丝生气。
　　一艘客轮靠近小镇，美丽性感的爵士女郎步下阶梯，她唱起欢快激情的哈莱姆旋律，懒惰的人民为这轻快的舞步和跳跃的节奏所感染，纷纷从沉睡中醒来，快乐地工作，尽情地玩耍。懒人镇重新充满活力……