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.
献给肮脏混乱疯糜的赞歌 我愿称之为cult元素大杂烩的情怀向艺术。虽说超过一小时的篇幅或多或少会让人审美疲劳，但还是爆赞 巨赞 噩梦赞。电影是自由的 精神性癖是自由的 审美是自由的！假设我说“我看疯神的时候真的嗨爆了”，会被人以为是精神病或者地狱人吗？……我真的嗨爆了。
就是疯。旧脏乱恶心人的画面。想要世界重来一次 - 创世纪，人间地狱；再重来一次，病毒，战争；看似绚烂多彩的世界也不过是生活着一群苟活的蠕虫，看似无私，面对危险自私面凸显；给予些甜头，也不过是行刑前的最后晚餐；你以为新生命会带来希望，那也不过是再重来一次宇宙大爆炸，重建了世界却又迅速而轻易地回到了起点-脏乱的地狱。时间继续飞驰。是该从噩梦中醒来了。
《2001:太空漫游》＋《潜行者》＋《生命之树》……？好吧，这种概括其实是一种思维的懒惰。这部电影，拥有着无与伦比的原创性。
剧情是什么？不知道，非要问那我只能理解为开局眼睛一闭，结尾眼睛一睁，中间是一场地狱绘图似的噩梦。
美式mind fuck。拍的很好，下次不许再拍了
人类建立巴别塔，神对人类的冒犯降下惩罚，世界的纷争因此开始，我很难说明影片到底是想表达神明的腐朽邪恶给人类带来无尽折磨与恐惧，还是想表达人类的自作自受让自己陷入无尽战火与奴役之中。
想看明白那是挺难的，没几十年精神分裂的功底是不行的，不过确实如人所说，挺牛逼的！
没看太懂诶，氛围很不错！居然真的能不考台词叙事，这个形式很妙！
这种几乎没有对白，并且意识流的电影，其实80分钟真的过长，再瑰丽也太长了
7.7/10 铁锈与血肉的残忍组合，难以言表的疯狂世界
杂乱昏暗的世界背景下充斥着各类畸形怪物，在大量定格模型的镜头下显得真实可怖，以一种先遣队探险式的路线走进下层布满惊恐无序压抑的环境中，看出了压榨掠夺和战争的反讽元素，但导演最终的核心没有能把握到。
废土朋克+定格动画+末日题材+光怪陆离的血腥场景，看得出想映射核爆、压迫、专制的现实意义，可惜的是画风太过恶心，引起生理不适，快进着看完的。
不过影片过于片段式的处理使得故事性较弱，整体的堆砌感很浓，观看过程不免犯困。
源于自然崇拜和英雄崇拜，寄托人对美好生活的向往，所以一种自然的、自发的、未收到摧残的状态，肯定就像这样：各路神灵遍地，见神就拜。古希腊就是如此，那些原始民族的也都是如此。
两个士兵应该不是同一个，第一个是纸地图，第二个是皮缝的地图
一开始找你欣赏不了，很快渐进状态，越看越惊悚，非常上头！很有可能成为经典！
叹为观止！胃液疯狂翻滚上涌。各种器官内脏骨头解构与工业体系结合 湿漉漉黏糊糊散发光泽的一滩滩液体，低沉 尖锐的嘶鸣，抽搐的行走，回流的钟表，延迟的痛苦。这里是地狱，是看不到尽头的噩梦。
4.5 屈服于美术！Diesel punk的极致！各种手法的拼贴让人想起Dave Mckean的插画 定格动画这个载体本身已经很能代表质量了 即使只是堆叠起来的片段 叙事什么的都不重要了——
颠覆、矛盾、混乱、痛苦、不知所云、不着边际。总有人对它嗤之以鼻，同样有人将其奉为圭臬。
Phil前后花了30年筹划制作，定格技术是真的棒，画面非常流畅，叙事略无趣(中间我甚至看睡着了两三次)，但不妨碍它优秀的视觉效果
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