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.
定格动画我的爱，讲了个啥不重要。2021.10.21
妖魔鬼怪，群魔乱舞，怪力乱神，血腥肮脏！虽然是部动画片，但还是比较重口，看的让人有点生理不适，而且里面隐喻太多，看的似懂非懂！但还是值得一看的。
下载后看了几眼，看不下去，欣赏不了。画质又渣又糊。网飞2022定格动画《房子》比这好多了。…………………………………………看了大家的短评，从回收站捞回来，坚持到13分50秒，电击开始，顿时不困了。看完整部电影，改观了。
形式用心了，也够疯。但，语境始终没超脱西方上帝那点事儿。
神中之神，每一帧都是享受，就这种电影拍多少都不嫌多。
don’t really care about the story gets a bit boring at times but visually cool as fuck. puppet blood is revolting. too many references. so much work. the set is insane.
是个80s的噩梦，黑漆漆黏糊糊，奇异诡谲怪诞至极，却不明所以。
如地狱般的场景却令人惊叹这也是人间的存在。
好一鍋又酷又噁心的科幻大雜燴，這個世界上真的有一群人就是愛看噁心的東西
8.2 2022.6.22
这个电影。。。。很奇特
bloody hell. 异形宝宝也要接受社会调剂。
疯神正如其名，不是神没有这样的能力造出这样的世界，不是疯狂不会造出这样的世界
两个男主之间 太有感觉的，那一根一起抽的烟，闹翻后几年不见依旧觉得你会选择帮助我。电影该有的紧张和氛围我觉得都很到位，故事很流畅很舒服
这是一部猎奇、诡异、血腥、惊悚、重口、令人作呕、且充满无穷想象力的“定格动画”。但是全程无对白，剧情也极为晦涩杂乱，感觉就是导演玩疯了，然后还把观众看懵了。如果是短片可以这样炫技，但这是电影，讲好故事才是首要任务。
确实很疯狂，废土后末世世界观，地下世界通过定格动画的呈现风格化颇深，想象力十足。
动画制作看着不错，恶心反胃，情节应该是毫无情节吗？有着实力希望做点大众化看得懂的。
没完全看懂不敢乱讲。单从画面和技术角度看是真的“封神”了！实拍和定格结合流畅，场景、人物、怪物的设计十分出彩，视效推到顶点，脑洞大的惊人，看完有种说不出的诡异和怪诞，好像看懂了一些又好像完全没明白。
我愿意相信标题的「疯神」指的是创作者自己，想象力的混乱集合体，一个颓废、疯狂、残忍的世界，充满了死亡和不可名状的生命，机械而又非理性。
制作的很棒，定格动画很流畅，猎奇至极，但我实在是无法理清这段故事
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