1980年代初的北爱尔兰美国律师保罗和未婚妻英格丽德等人组成的公民自由联盟组织的一个小组来到贝尔法斯特调查那里有没有发生过践踏公民权利的行为记者招待会上特里萨提供了英国政府实行枪杀政策的生动证据哈里斯偷偷地塞给保罗一盘录音带保罗乘着莫洛伊驾驶的汽车去见哈里斯半路上遭到拦截两人被开枪打死英国刑事调查局视察员克里根调查此案英格丽德从保罗的遗物中发现了录音带空盒子主动担任克里根的助手莫洛伊太太的房子被人搜查过丈夫装录音带的盒子全部被移动过在莫洛伊家英格丽德从照片上认出了哈里斯原来他是警察局特别科的人通过特里萨他们见到哈里斯原来盒录音带是针对英国高层人士阴谋的证据阴谋的策化者是美国中央情报局阴谋旨在诽谤英国前首相哈罗德·威尔逊是苏联克格勃的傀儡搞垮希思政府哈里斯盼望把这份材料公开出去克里根受罗伯特·尼尔爵士召见警告他不要扩大事态英格丽德去见哈里斯后哈里斯就被捕了英格丽德见到克里根克里根坚决拒绝介入英格丽德没有泄露她已拿到了录音带……
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;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 eg, 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 quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, 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 quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;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 quot;unbelievable truthquot; 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
影片以日记的形式呈现无所事事的年轻人米歇尔马丁·拉萨尔 Martin LaSalle 饰在赛马场目睹了一个小偷偷窃的全过程他被小偷那自信优雅的手法所吸引遂即加入了偷窃的勾当爱读书坚持虚无主义哲学思想的米歇尔坚信偷窃是一种手指的芭蕾一场完美的行窃就像一场精彩的行为艺术米歇尔有一个久违的病重的母亲在去探望的时候结识了一直照顾他母亲的邻居珍妮玛莉卡·格林 Marika Green 饰漂亮的珍妮唤醒了米歇尔心中沉睡已久的感情米歇尔被警察盯住了警长虽然三番五次的给了他改过自新的机会但米歇尔依旧沉迷于他的艺术中无法自拔很快米歇尔被捕了 珍妮来狱中探望米歇尔她向他袒露了自己的真情米歇尔在泪水中猛然醒悟当生命中还有所爱的人存在生活就不会是一片虚无
在二次大战期间的南大西洋美国驱逐舰海恩斯号用雷达追踪到德国潜艇信号于是穆勒舰长罗伯特米彻姆饰便展开追击穆勒原担任货轮船长因被鱼雷击沉而转任海恩斯号的舰长船上多是新兵德国史登堡舰长克德朱尔吉斯饰亦是船舰作战好手奉命与奇袭舰会合并取回英国密码故一直坚守航线却遭穆勒识破尾随而来穆勒深怕弹援不中而反遭德国舰队围击便每小时以深水炸弹轰击以待援兵赶来德国潜艇被逼到深海海床以便甩脱追击由于美舰不断轰击使德军船员受不了史舰长以进行曲鼓舞士气这样一来更被美军声纳探知予以轰击海恩斯号也受重创穆勒假装弃船引诱德潜艇浮出海面以便轰击潜艇使两舰相撞……
