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.
看完感觉金挺装的，又当又立，个人真的很反感口口声声把民主挂嘴边的人员，仿佛一个吟诵法师。
选题特别好。目的正义和手段正义纠结。政客恰恰又是在两者之间摇摆的特殊人群。没有理想和情怀做不了政客，只能做造王者，没有卑劣的手段，也当不了政客，毕竟在污泥谭里打滚，没点偏方无法立足。
影片根据金大中与严昌禄的事迹改编，影片以两个类似的小故事作为开场，反映出两位主人公的性格以及为故事的结束做铺垫。影片当中的人物关系有点类似于张艺谋导演的《影》，导演将无法融合的割裂感采用近景的手法展现，同时暗指两个人不同体的状态。但是作为一部政治题材类型的影片，缺乏难以化解的矛盾以及上层的阴暗，导演在这一方面的表述过于理想化。影片只展示了外部的诱惑，并没有对内心的挣扎有过多的描述，作为影子，完全可以理解为金云范的第二人格，类似于《影》中反客为主，恶念击溃了善意，影子将金云范推向高处的时候，所表现的更多是失落，况且影片也并没有将两个角色之间的矛盾推向极致。
好无聊的故事啊，制作费115亿，票房才72.50亿，亏了不冤
先看演员：薛景求，《素媛》《兹山渔谱》《实尾岛》；李善均，《走到尽头》《我的大叔》《检察官內传》，二位影帝级的较量，还有教导主任刘在明、《秘密森林》里的警察科长、申部长等等，阵容强大。看他们的表演，的确很过瘾，但是电影太商业了，可以说很套路，有讨好观众之嫌，7.5分。
和南山部长没法比，差的实在太远了！不明白韩国政坛都是在比谁嗓门大就能当总统吗？也不明白男主明明扮演剧中的智商担当会愚蠢到在公开会议讨论假爆炸？更不明白选举发放礼品，冒充对方工作人员就可以轻易取回？不过看到即将上任的尹锡悦总统，老夫少妻，满口胡言，热衷迷信，实行周120小时工作制……居然也能当选，也许这片子描写的都是真实的！
胜利即正义，手段和目标，历史改编，演技全部在线。但是总有一种黏稠的感觉，作为商业片一般吧。
4.5星给感同身受。被倾其所有去爱和信任的人所鄙夷和不理解，是与他人连接中最大的痛苦。
这部电影来源于真实事件，但它是一部虚构作品。
我可以得到未来总统的拥抱吗？/如果你想上台表演你应该加入马戏团/可以确定的是，炸弹爆炸的时候他不在办公室——怀疑某人缺席就是将溺水者推入水下/
政治被我们谈得津津有味 不厌其烦也不厌其旧 常谈常乐 一直谈得手舞足蹈 面生红光 振振有辞 阴谋诡计像是前菜 有了它 谈资愈发勃勃生机 口水肆意
韩国电影对韩国的历史进程的呈现也算是不遗余力了,<南山的部长们>拍的就是朴正熙被枪杀的事件,这部电影讲的是韩国总统大选的一个历程吧,以前还记得看过一个什么司机的,也是历史事件改编的,至少,韩国历史在电影里透明的,这也许才是文明该有的样子吧
人名太多观感很差，你南韩哪来几千年历史的？
到底谁引爆了炸弹？为了正义的目地是否可以不择手段？你所谓的正义是否只是胜利？因为历史由胜利者书写。政治就是一场戏，可俺们只有看戏的资格，因为人民不是公民。
确实好片，看得我目不转睛，里面对人民等概念的阐述很有意思。殊途到底能不能同归，正义是不是胜利者才能定义，这是片子讨论的问题，但我想zz作为工具确实难说对错，mz也只是治理手段，没什么好坏。总要有人去考虑整体是否富有，安全，可持续发展，能达到些大目标的就算合格的zz家，那些本身弱小，只空有理想和正义感的，还是尽早转行吧
如果目的是正义的，但是为了达到这个目的，使用了一些非正义的手段，是可以接受的还是不可原谅的呢？
字幕的质量不高，但全片的主旨还是有所深度，只是受困于现实，候选人没能在剧情内就荣登大位。
没有传统韩国政治电影的暗流汹涌，而是平稳缓慢的叙事去讲述历史，整体倒没有枯燥，一直在个体中进行辩驳，感觉从去年开始韩国电影一改猛拳套路开始做起了人文思辨，走更加内敛的创作方向。
两个理想主义者的失败，一个信念的背叛与崩塌，一个理想被现实打败，可耻的懦弱的背叛者，导致理想的溃败，🥚理想者的脊梁一直坚挺着。也许这不是政治，而是童话。
字幕的质量不高，但全片的主旨还是有所深度，只是受困于现实，候选人没能在剧情内就荣登大位。
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