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.
在抖音刷到这视频 看了一眼 就停不下来了 很燃也很感人
好摇滚，好性感。深以为爱情，真是不错。比崩坏浪漫。
m2220：泥沙俱下，活着即是侥幸！体面不体面，先交房租；不被溺死，随后就会战死。母子间站台零和也是感人的！只不过zz太隐晦(穿插一战后肢体残缺的伤兵及魏玛黑白影像)，以致偏向爱情。
魏玛共和国时期最伟大的作品。三十年代的德国，纸醉金迷和开放性宛如二十一世纪的好莱坞，令人咋舌。
有些电影时间再长也不觉得长，有些电影时长会成为负担，无主之作是前者，这部是后者。
但总体没有get到，三小时的电影分了三天才看完。
如果爱情在你心中是那么圣洁的话 那就最好不要靠近 因为世俗的东西中多少会有那么点不尽如人意的瑕疵…所幸 如果能把爱情从生命中剥离的话 在失去一半快乐的同时 也会失去一半的烦恼…再热情似火的爱情中 也需要面包…
对于一个近三小时的电影，我从头到尾保持了激情。那流动的镜头，沉浸到一战后颠覆的德国历史中，小人物如水黾在潮流中挣扎，爱情是一道亮光，但也只能把旁人的疯狂拖延一时。一个来自小镇的知识分子在动荡年代下的柏林生活，一些困境是跨文化跨时代的，一些是那段历史独有的。带着窥视乱世下小人物一生的怅然若失，在回家路上看到了路尽头明亮而巨大的月亮：或许我也只是一道阴影罢了。
一点都不有趣，可以说是极度悲观，主人公事业爱情家庭可以说一事无成，最后连自己的生命都没能经营下去。似乎他一直都想要拯救别人，但别人都不需要他。
全程没有一口气能提起来，精神崩溃，信仰坍塌，千头万绪只为托起二战前最后残相，然后只需要呲啦一个火苗，颓然倾圮。
三十年代德国一个小知识分子的混乱生活。超闷。
不是很明白为啥把番剧里的几集编成剧场版，这部主要就是人美，各个角色出场各种美，补完才发现无限列车正好接上这部。
迷惘的一代？单场景视听信息量已经很大了，还拍了三小时。分了3次看完，很震撼！在法比安身上看到了自己。
来自魏玛共和国的人生切片。同时也是古典和现代，视觉与叙事风格的拼贴。青年知识分子的彷徨、窘迫和小小的浪漫。一点点命运感、仪式感（“十分钟之后，他的爱人将会出现”）和悲剧性（最后被意外击沉），其实这或许是一种创作者的手下留情：如不在意外中被击沉，就将在时代中被击沉。
我放弃了一堆经典的三小时长片没看看了这个。。。虽然看不进去但感觉这电影挺吊的。但还是看得很累。。。
国家大背景下的一场失恋
现代的技法糅杂和古典的叙事 今年目前最喜欢的一部 比起《舞厅》暗线更为隐约 深处急速下降的时代漩涡 心有戚戚
为了ED加一星，故事毫无新意，人设和造型总有一种似曾相识之感，让我想起火影、死神还有其他好多动漫……
复古的手法，成就自我而独特的人格，格格不入是这个诡异的时代，无论是30年代的德国，还是近百年后的今天。
终于又看到这样的电影，哭了但心里开心多了。舞台独白，朋友自杀却留信劝他写作，电话互诉衷肠。不喜欢这个结局，但他不必再看另一场战争了。
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