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.
大一的短片剧本写过类似的故事，被泼冷水。后来看到好几个类似结构。有点可惜。
6.2
如果说恋爱大多爱而不得的结果无法改变
就还挺平淡的恋爱电影的，对于我这种没啥深刻恋爱经验的人来说也挺难带入共情的。
当然，必须插一句，心目中目前观感最好的倒叙故事，还得是岸西的『亲密』。
比花束更真实 即使没有那么多契合点 没有那么多共同的爱好、兴趣 人也是会陷入恋爱的 而当这段恋爱结束 还是会因为某些时刻、物件想起这个人 也只是不咸不淡地“稍微想起一些”，只是一些回忆而已
特定的日子在每一年倒序发生的事情
4.5，私心很喜欢，强化场所承载的意义，又通过倒叙强化每一分遗憾的情绪。有时候在纠结，多部创作后整体更为工整而圆熟，但又觉得好像失去了青涩时期的那份锐气。
那些亲密又明亮的时期，仅仅是稍微想起一些，也依然让人留恋，不知道又能勾起多少普通人的普通回忆
心里默默为他庆祝生日
池松壮亮真好啊。稍微想起一些的细节都这样生动。
虽不至于《花束》那么矫情…也偶尔出现一些看似演的不错的地方（演的最好的地方就是那个奶油蹭脸），但真就像小学生的流水账，还有那个坐树下的老爷爷到底干嘛用的，讨厌说教感！我是被海报骗进来的…
好像讲了些什么，又好像没有，生活就是这样平淡中透着一点温馨，这种风格我喜欢
女主声音太出戏了。近年来同题材电影还是最喜欢行定勋的《剧场》。主题曲确实很赞。
许多人拿这部电影和《花恋》对比，我认为这部要更真实一些，以后肯定会再刷的，虽然不知道和谁（想着以后没事的时候也去开出租车，不知道去哪就让乘客为自己选择目的地）。
其实这部电影讲的是，无论你喜欢的是同性还是异性，爱情的样子不会有什么区别。
恋爱像海洋馆里的鱼类 自由 也不自由 看男主的所有电影都无法沉浸 女主好可爱演技很好 给帅逼成田凌一票
韩国媒体在东亚四强赛中韩比赛后，对国足的评论是：“大学生水平”。那么，即使是热爱中国电影的日本观众，在看过大多数国产爱情片后，会不会说：“中小学生水平”。因为他们毕竟是经常看松居大悟、土井裕泰的。日本编剧、导演的一项突出能力便是归纳、提炼、再现，特别是那些错过的与遗落的，这对爱情片特别重要。电影中的人物，不需对自己的羞怯、不足、欲望而感到抱歉，不必变得外向、粗鲁、能说会道才能获得所谓成功，不在生活中寻求标准答案。这应该是一个正常社会应有的样子。
就是两个人互相吸引的奇奇怪怪那些点
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