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.
3.5。前80分钟是非常普通的印度电影，配乐紧凑到吵得慌，即使刚开庭律师的辩护词也不过是老生常谈的“程序正义”和“实体正义”，以为这片子也就止步到这里。直到后50分钟真相层层浮出水面，先是给我们这些“凡事有消息就热衷发帖、被操纵产生某种可以利用的情绪的网民”一记大耳光，然后再抛出一个问题“媒体的存在是为了报道真相，还是媒体所说的才是真相？”。再之后掀开表面引导向更深的真相，说到底一切问题都与ZZ有关，“体制在口人”、“让提出问题的人沉默、给讨论的人戴上手铐”。世风日下无新鲜事，13亿的印度或15亿的..面对的问题实则都差不多。最后几幕被害的女教授和对学生说“每个人都有慷慨发表意见的权利，但是你有勇气付诸实践吗？”。现实是，我们大多数都是那场大学会议上想伸手表赞同但又放下手的、沉默的人。
民众日常被zz摆弄而不自知，教育系统是潜移默化的洗脑，一部电影多角度讽刺，法庭辩论的部分是想要起立鼓掌的程度，总的来说意义大于电影本身，五🌟（革命万岁！
校园腐败，司法腐败，政府腐败，
表达的内容多且精彩，能把故事讲好，气氛到位铺垫够转折合理，又有本土特色，给个好评不过分吧。
首席政务部长的台词，律师的抗辩台词，句句值得截屏。印度电影和韩国电影相比，政治深度，已经并驾齐驱，并有赶超趋势。#20220720
印度正在发生深刻的变化，此片加上上周迎来的第一位底层女总统！
电影的主题意义很值得褒奖，虽然有点贪心得想用一个事件把印度的社会问题给尽可能多得给塞进去，女性地位，媒体操纵舆论，制度体系崩塌，政治黑暗，阶级种姓，校园剥削，可能还有我漏掉的，虽然多，但本质上的确是互相勾连的，这种激烈的方式也真的很容易得到共鸣，印度电影在政治选题上的民主自由度和韩影有的一拼，直接且血淋淋。
看到最后，才明白谁和谁是宿敌。印度真的很敢拍啊，这个题材，政党操控舆论，扭曲真实，你所相信的都是被加工的真相，所谓的坚守正义可能只是坚守着速食咖啡一样的即时正义......蛮牛的，国内绝无可能的题材。就是叙事稍有些乱，能理解是为了不断反转的爽感而刻意为之，姑且当作一种风格吧。推荐
1.议程设置是如何一步步遮蔽、修改真相的
四星全给题材 如果不是题材 真的没办法给一部2个多小时的MV这么多星……
层层反转确实有些别扭，不过敢拍也是确实敢拍。
创作者的技法显然都撑不起表达欲，
印度电影和韩国电影可谓是近些年的亚洲电影之光了。这部电影在内核上很像另外一部印度电影《杰伊比姆》，都是属于社会批判的现实主义题材，但不同的是这部电影的批判面更广，可谓是方方面面，甚至是对于整个国家层面。但问题也正在于此，不说批判面的广泛程度，单就故事本身的信息量而言，就还有很多内容没有展开，而在立意上，则值得更深入的探讨，但由于篇幅所限，电影在后半段的不断反转中仿佛一直在加快节奏进行着仓促的表达，甚至都没有真正结尾，这多少让人感到遗憾。但话说回来，这种电影的出现本身就已经值得我们的敬佩了。
好奇搜了下片名，居然是印度国歌；看得出来导演很自豪，教育学术腐败政治司法丑闻无良媒体种族歧视一网打尽；普通民众容易被煽动我能理解，怎么法庭上的各路专业人士都不懂程序正义还要主角侃侃科普也是尬；但是多重反转又实在精彩，我也同意少数服从多数大多情况下都是在耍流氓的细节。
除了节奏拖沓，音乐太多，其他的都不错。很敢拍，中国影业现在连印度都赶不上。
现实主义题材作品。不过就是把我们不敢摆在台面上的题材拍成了电影而已，但就是这一点，我们可能永远也无法通过审核。
印度电影的小毛病都在，但依然五星，给题材。能这样拍电影、能拍出这样的电影的国家和民族有未来。
一开始以为又是一部女权，看到后面才知道升级到了对愚民政治的嘲讽，不过关键转折还是要靠副督察良心发现才能完成，实际可能性很低，看来任何体质都是一样黑暗的，学生永远都是最有革命热情，也最容易被鼓动的群体。
印度电影每年都能留下至少一部直击痛点，震撼人心的片子，那中场休息拉开了剧情反转的帷幕。自杀，他杀只是一种死亡的表面方式，但真正的内核或许是体制，是时代。为了目的可以玩任何肮脏的游戏，但又有多少人愿意揭露这种肮脏，用革命的水洗涤这些肮脏。他确实不仅为自己发声，更多的是众人内心的扩音器，让肮脏在正义之声下一点点瓦解。
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