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.
越看越失望，没有几个，除了魂游带有本土恐怖元素，其他的倒也没有“首尔”特色，这就有些挂羊头卖狗肉之嫌。
幸亏拍成了10个小故事，不至于为某个烂点子忍受一部片。齿虫和冥婚其实挺好的。
总共十个小故事，一般般吧，也没啥看头，不过是每个故事做了点留白，做了点让人想象的空间，没有说的那么直白。一般。
跟怪奇宅的不同：1.更俗套 2.不吓人 3.分集之间没联系 最后一点是致命缺点 就这种单元故事电影来说 每个分集都应该是一段圆弧 共同构成一个首尾相接 逻辑链完整 让我们看到最后说一句“原来如此”的大故事 这才应该是它最吸引人的地方
我很喜欢类似魔术中misdirection的手法，本来以为父亲要剪掉脚趾，但实际上确实最后突然出现、截掉小腿，这个打破预期的设计很棒。
没有一个让我满意的故事，但是冥婚那个小哥哥很可爱
幸亏拍成了10个小故事，不至于为某个烂点子忍受一部片。齿虫和冥婚其实挺好的。
#平遥国际电影展#柬埔寨导演的个人经验——关于成长的地方，三段式结构:祝福、精神家园和雨季。对于个人经验的表达，与其说顺时或阶段式表达建筑/家园腐烂的过程，不如像《薄荷糖》一样反向揭示腐烂背后的痛点。
很常见的现实题材艺术片手法，没有出彩的地方也没有明显缺陷，作为年轻导演拍得是可以的。
life is life. Endless, meaningless, painful. Lighten &darken, and always dark.
第一次看柬埔寨电影，果然东方文化都是相通的
刷抖音看到解说，反感这种镜头都是一惊一乍的老式吓人套路，不打算看完整片了，就这样吧，我还是一如既往不喜欢日韩恐怖片为吓人而吓人的变态感觉。
看的我打哈欠，看到衣柜那里就关了，希望后面没有什么好看的东西，真的太无聊，而且都不符合逻辑，隧道算正常，红衣服故事不完整，寄生虫那医生碰到这种事情谁他妈还去帮那人做啊，招魂那个莫名其妙，你俩是拉拉也行，关键并不是，怕人说闲话故意疏远的那种，这种还要去招魂简直找死，层间噪音这个更无语，敲个门板敲出爱情了。不看了还是睡觉吧，有时间去b站看邓肯的怪谈比这香。
突然得知男主竟然拿奖了，我寻思这片子也没给他多少发挥的空间啊
不到两个小时的电影竟然塞进10个恐怖小故事，可惜保量不保质，恐怖元素大杂烩却不能做到每个故事的逻辑性
3.5。
我觉得还行吧，没那么差，解闷看可以的，《齿虫》可以扩展一个长片哎～
83/100。#Venice#人生大概就是这样：你憧憬着的那个美好的梦想会离你远去、你敬仰着的那个一身凛然的长辈就这样消失在走道尽头、你生活了无数年的房子就这样被挖掘机轰得一声拆了个七零八落。一切都像冲入激流中的白色大厦，一点痕迹就没有，好像从来都不存在一样。 @2021-09-07 22:47:48
颜值挺高的！10个故事如果2个小时全是这样的画风我可能会觉得难看，虽然太短会忽略细节也没交代一些原因，恰恰因为这10个故事我才会看完。没有营造恐怖的氛围，都是直接铺陈。喜欢姐妹情，人形模特，和容貌焦虑
能把十个毫无关联短故事硬生生凑在一起当一部123分钟电影放出来，我也不明白这帮西八是怎么想的，除了个别几个故事之外，剩下的简直是凑数的存在，简单潦草地凑一个故事开头，然后就一个jump scare完事儿，看完别说在盛夏给我心里一凉了，给我看困了都……
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