The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
不知所云，一个癌症晚期的中年男子，行为奇怪，沉默寡言。毫无希望的活着。没有配乐看的很累，节奏也慢。浪费了2个好演员。
以上理解不知道对不对 🤣
我丢你个嘴，男记者最后就这么算了？！算了？这个片在搞啥？告诉我们不要跟老男人作对吗？还是想带我们真切认识普信南？“我可以偷窥你奶子和内裤，可以强吻你，但是你不能告我性骚扰，不然杀你全家”？？？最后女主在搞什么？你直接给它一刀，它也保证害不到你妹，你还省下自己一条命，好吗亲？啊反正，远离普信南的人平均多活500年。
一个是拍过天龙特攻队的导演，一个是有自己陷落系列的杰拉德，然后加一个因为漫威电影开始有热度的弗兰克，来给一个新的女黑人演员做配，拍出一部如此无聊的动作片，说它像血溅十三号警署简直是侮辱 十三号警署
知道人家结婚就应该走，但是人家那么好看确实也把持不住，理解理解，天亮了，去寻找真正属于自己的爱情吧。
网飞又一小成本小国烂片，全员脑子有问题。一个大家庭全家相继死亡但是就不信女主，最后妹妹还跟杀手忘年恋。杀手就是个偏执狂作家却有通天彻地的本领。女主始终相信是杀手杀了她全家但什么措施都没采取甚至最后跟杀手对峙还自己跳楼了。完全没逻辑。
喜欢这部电影传达出来的 我所感受到的情绪，喜欢黎明的街道 抱在一起听的闹钟铃，说喜欢的那瞬间他们脸上各自的表情。什么都没讲什么都讲了，什么都明白又什么都还没搞懂。
总的来说算是不错的小结构动作爽片，设定很好，节奏不拖沓，全程无尿点，就是拍摄上还是差了点意思。
密闭空间的悬疑犯罪枪战片，开头的一段西部蛮荒氛复古围包括配乐都塑造的极佳，全片紧张气氛和枪战镜头都拍的不错，多头叙事可惜却又各个浅尝辄止，最后时刻黑老大的短暂出现太过于突兀，往下拉分不少。
冰山一角 即使是步履缓缓 表面平静 角色带来的巨大信息量灌输在演员身上 破碎的故事 何尝不是生活的样子 讨厌但是无法否定久违的感觉 我很喜欢
“听RED不是必然是《有心论》和《两个人》嘛”
看到最后也没搞清楚，被袭击死去的女的，跟男主啥关系……
#TIFF 2021# SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS。前入围2021威尼斯主竞赛。可能是被场刊倒数第一打了预防针，自己看完反而觉得没那么雷……跟欧容的《时光驻留》来比，离奇（而不是奇情）和豪门可能算是最大的槽点吧。米歇尔·弗朗哥操纵观众真是有一手，控制信息也挺好，但是你故事得编圆不是……编不圆或者故意不写那不叫开放性叙事……
这部与本届威尼斯同场竞技的《暗处的女儿》有意想不到的交集，同样是（反）度假电影类型，同样以一位深藏不露的主人公展开叙事。导演将主人公塑造成陷于加缪式存在主义危机的角色，再次使出《慢性》中用过的隐藏叙事关键的手法，在反常规的情节里操控着观众的注意力。一闪而过的暴力刻画并未揭开墨西哥社会问题的症结，连其后的监狱戏也稍显潦草。生硬出现的动物镜头并非高级隐喻，有偷懒嫌疑；最后的揭秘毫无必要，立刻拉低了影片的好感度。
曾经熬夜通宵第二天也有饱满的精力应付日常，现在赶紧睡吧不然明天就惨了。时间就是这样无法克服的障碍，无法控制出现的顺序，也无法阻止注定到来的天明，纠结啊！
和前作那种空洞皮囊堆砌而成的所谓“政治寓言”几乎完全反着来，高明剧作技巧下的个人叙事，始终和人物保持若即若离的间距，当所有谜题被揭开，又对那个始终游离在动荡与冷漠之外的孤独生命抱有无限的善意。
在爱丁堡的公寓里刷完，边吃自己做的麻辣香锅边永电脑看。虽然很爱阿根廷🇦🇷西班牙🇪🇸类的悬疑推理。但这个只有悬疑而没有推理，全程都是猜测，最后也没有解惑。色彩和拍摄手法都是很不错的，但本子还差了许多
猪也是给的不到底，就好像导演拍了一半突然想起来，对，好像我还可以这样…
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