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.
除了没有在海边裸奔，基本完成。
其实应该属于四星在看完后劲中还是打了5⭐ 现在所谓的"后"疫情时代相比"前"疫情时代有了更多的进步吗？有了更多的人文关怀吗？这，会是我们的未来吗？我以为会逃走，可能这就是现实吧do-gooder真的就是do-gooder 上行下效 服从命令听指挥8.2/10
也许有一天，对电影失去兴趣之前，会最后看一部洪尚秀……
在感慨现实的同时，也感叹于这种人与人之间不计回报的真情实感。
借「小说家」之手完成了一次更为私人的情感文本，也是对自己影像风格的过程式解构，所有的一切都是灵感的迸发，偶然的奇遇，人际的巧合。不需要任何人为动机的推进，只需要等待自然交互下的情绪降临，而洪镜头下的任何元素与符号都充满了最真挚的告白，就在自己所创造的话语结构里从容却又流露出难以掩饰的无处安放，就好像虚构下的「黑白」是第一视角的窥探，随之短暂的「色彩」开始出现后便让爱释放得更加具有魔力。
前面铺垫一直很好，后四分之一的大动作有些刻意了，仍不失为好片。一部女主压轴戏，对朱迪·科默刮目相看。
两人玩得欢，世上独一份。这么直白，影迷也会消化不良。
曾看到有人说当电影的创作太偏向文学性不如直接阅读文字，而我认为影像还是有不可否认的自身特性而且这也未尝不是一种电影的出路。总是享受这种电影带给我的感觉。
上乘之作，浑然天成。洪导演真的很能分别女人是否有脑子。黑白画面有匠人之感了。
结尾的公园，仿佛就是生活啊、世事啊，每经困顿，便用春日花束般治愈安魂。
首先不能拿电影标准要求这部剧，但是对标中国医生，后者连个剧都比不上…格局缩得足够小，虽然感情塑造问题很大很空，但个人的情感要比家国更容易打动人，还更能反映问题。一场呼救无援后的自救长镜头，一场警车质疑，这两场戏撑起整个故事，大灾面前人人平等就是个笑话。
影片题材是我国最爱拍的，却也是我国最不会拍的，本片的切入点极佳，叙事沉稳有力，主旨以小见大，演员给力，摄影出彩，在不动声色的时候打动观众。这不比喊口号牛逼一万倍？
我们什么时候能摆脱阴霾……能真正“回顾”这段历史……
好神奇的影像！！！！！我觉得作家关于创作焦虑 市场化的对白都不是重点（电影里也一直提到内容不重要），这让我的意识飘到别的地方，比如窗外的小路，用镜头推过去的散步行人
可以看作洪尚秀对电影本体论的当代挑战：人均创作者的时代，要不要重新定义电影？如何重新定义电影？这部“电影”根本是90分钟的vlog，应该送到戛纳那个不明所以的“线上短片单元”参展。影片提出的问题是有意义的，本身也不算难看，但洪尚秀你拍了几十年电影了？只能拿出这种影像叩问电影的根基，未免太愚弄电影这东西了吧？p.s. 洪尚秀的电影越来越惹人厌和一些浅薄的观众（无论正面还是负面评价）很有关系
金敏喜像是小鹿一般浑身上下散发着柔和的光。剧里剧外，女演员是否在因爱自断职业生涯，抑或这是她追求并正享受的生活，这个就不得而知了。
我想穿上那件超帅的背心通宵蹦迪。
1）编剧过于简单化了，很多nuance没有表现出来。2）人物描写草草带过，共情比较难。3）摄影指导是什么用心，改抓情绪的地方都不拍演员的脸，各种模糊，是故意这么设计的话感觉失败，如果是抓拍不上请找个拍纪录片的来掌镜；4）场景设计和摄影指导是不是关系不好，灯光设计经常不知道是故意那么黑还是没设计好；5）英国indie感太浓重，基本总结一下就是低成本、shallow deepth of field、口音戏、编剧莫名。
洪的作品越来越玄，但总是让人能一口气看完，还觉得时间蛮快的，总体三星。金敏喜额外补上一颗。（被最后的彩色甜到了）
冲着黑白片，看了半小时，实在看不下去。天热，先洗洗吧。
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