血伞凶灵

　　一个经常胃痛的男人发现自己的肠道内寄生着一位恶魔...

　　本作は“絶対にだませない詐欺師”を主人公とするコメディ。超が付くお人よしのサラリーマン・絹咲正（きぬさきただし）は、婚活パーティで出会った浅香澪に頼まれて彼女の父親に会いに行く。しかし、そこにいたのは裏社会にもつながりのある大手ゼネコン社長・貴島だった。貴島から5億円をだまし取ろうとしたものの失敗した澪は、貴島の支配下にあったのだ。リゾート会社社長から10億円を奪ってきたら許すと貴島から告げられた正と澪。嘘がつけず悪いことができない正にとって引き受けられない仕事だったが、彼のあまりの人のよさから、詐欺計画は思わぬ方向に転がっていく。

　　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.

　　这是关于The Clash乐队灵魂人物Joe Strummer的记录片。The Clash乐队是一支在英国朋克乐坛历史上占有重要地位的乐队，几十年前，当朋克音乐如火如荼的发展的时候，当性手枪乐队横扫朋克摇滚乐坛的时候，一支朋克音乐的新生力量正在迅速崛起，这就是The Clash碰撞乐队。朋克音乐发展为今天的这种繁荣景象，The Clash起到了巨大的推动作用。乐队组建于1976年，由Mick Jones任吉他手，Joe Strummer任主唱，Paul Simonon任贝司手。Topper Headon任鼓手。Joe Strummer生于政治世家，很多歌曲以政治为题材，有浓烈的左派思想，上世纪70年代末期到80年代可谓是叱咤英伦乐坛，掀起朋克浪潮，1982年成功打入美国市场。 2002年12月22号下午，Joe Strummer这位50岁的朋克偶像在屋内跌倒身亡，死因为心脏停止跳动而辞世。许多音乐人带着沉重的心情哀悼Strummer的过世，U2主唱Bono在官方网站上留言：“The Clash是最伟大的摇滚乐团，他们为U2写下最佳守则 我们本要在一月碰面，跟Dave Stewart一起完成我们为曼德拉所创作的歌，这真是太震惊了！”
　　记录片展现了曾经那个岁月的激情，生命永远在理想的中不会老去，那份情怀，终会有心照不宣的共鸣。片中U2主唱Bono，以及好莱坞明星约翰·库萨克 ，约翰尼·德普，马特·狄龙以及美国独立电影导演吉姆·贾木许都会有对这个天才摇滚音乐人，诉说感怀和怀念。