名不见经传的小演员瑟琳娜·布鲁克斯亚历珊德拉·索恰 Alexandra Socha 饰渴望成名多次试镜后他联系到了一名小众导演亚拉巴马·切普曼艾利克斯·赫特 Alex Hurt 饰希望能在对方的长片中出演角色数日后瑟琳娜随着剧组其他成员驱车前往位于荒郊野外连网络和信号都没有的拍摄地亚拉巴马精益求真力求真实可靠身边则云集了一群性格张扬的演职人员令瑟琳娜始料未及的是这是一个追求极度真实的剧组真实到为了剧情可以真的去杀人 这边厢导演反复劝说瑟琳娜真实地投入到恐怖片的拍摄中来那边厢已经磨刀霍霍展开杀戮……
迈尔斯·蒙特哥贾·鲁尔是一位公子哥要啥有啥帅气的外表豪宅名车游艇身边靓女如云不过他的过去并不光彩迈尔斯曾是高级的毒贩子但如今早已洗白尽管如此缉毒署还是处处盯着他迈尔斯对自己的家人和朋友很是忠心他们中的很多人还在从事贩毒的勾搭就当他还在黑白两道上游走的时候他遇到了一个心仪的女孩这个女孩与迈尔斯之前的女友很不同瓦内莎艾德里安妮·巴隆是一名严格意义上的教堂女孩有着虔诚的信仰这给迈尔斯的恋情带来了严峻的考验
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
