不日成婚

　　大卫·鲍伊的传记片真的来了。一部名为《星尘》(Stardust)的影片已在运作中，聚焦1971年，年轻的鲍伊第一次去往美国，激励了他创作出举世闻名的专辑和音乐形象“Ziggy Stardust”。定由歌手兼演员约翰尼·弗林(《野兽》)饰演鲍伊。
　　还有吉娜·马隆(《饥饿游戏》)饰演鲍伊的第一任妻子Angie，马克·马隆(《美女摔角联盟》)饰演他的唱片公司宣传。导演则宣布为Gabriel Range(《我是奴隶》)，今年6月开拍。

　　2016东京电影节影后&评委会大奖获奖影片。讲述一名生活在北欧北部的萨米族小女孩艾拉玛雅的成长故事。
　　萨米人，亦称拉普人，是生活在北欧北部的一个游牧民族。萨米人拥有自己的的语言(萨米语)及独特的民族音乐（Joik）及传统服饰等等，以饲养驯鹿为生。有相当长一段时间，瑞典挪威等国以强制其接受教育等方式试图同化萨米人，官方甚至禁止在学校和公共场合使用萨米语。（即本片背景）

　　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.