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.
难看🙂。
摸过 沼泽深处头骨的嶙峋
继大卫洛维上部失利之后再度回归，把背景搬到了中世纪，服化道过硬，搭配A24标志性的装神弄鬼。将家喻户晓的传说故事，拍出视听享受:自然风光、室内外打光、配乐绝了。其中，跨越时间的玩法与奇观制造很是新鲜，大概就是误食云南毒蘑菇的体验吧。★★★☆/7.7
黑白片段是近五年最美的影像。
还是很喜欢的，很多镜头都好美，音乐也不错。讲故事手法有点意思，每章节的标题都挺好看。英国神话结合了寓言和志怪传奇，这么搞还挺好玩。最开始忘记他妈是谁觉得男主选角是为了正确，可这么一看还挺贴合剧情的…… 其实归根结底就是妈妈舅舅为了让孩子长大成人操碎了心吧😅
#柏林影展 #EFM 本屆柏林影展少數打起精神觀賞的主競賽片。透過舊資料畫面搭配黑白攝影，甫一開始令我想起柏格曼與費里尼。一趟骨灰之旅，彷彿一位影人之死；尾段的歡快與全彩，慢慢將故事帶往另一趟未知的旅程。當他在墓地前刻下了名字；當他老邁地坐在墓前，四季交替，人生宛若一場即將告別的演出。
其中加入的歌谣和韵味都与原著优美的长诗体遥相呼应
儿童电影哈哈哈哈 没东西看的时候看看还是很有意思的 3.5
什么玩意啊 史诗不史诗传说不传说的 能不能把故事讲明白了先
骑士踏遍数字特效合成的荒原，群演再次穿起化妆部门出租的奇装。二十一世纪电影不再是物资贫乏的艺术，却总有人实践着那套早已被奇幻剧集掠夺而走的形象。不全是导演的问题，过时的东西总是乔装成时髦的模样。
摩根勒菲与亚瑟王的角力 见证骑士的成长归根到底还是考验诚信和勇气
太美，拖沓得都这么美。最后竟然是《基督最后的诱惑》那样的寓言。die a knight or live a coward. 中世纪电影就应该拍成这样吧。
硬生生弄成了玄幻传奇，不过意境过得去，还有巨型GROOT举着大斧子要砍主角的头，场面活可以。
运送作家路易吉·皮兰德娄的骨灰回到他的家乡西西里，只是全片的楔子，陡然变换画风的第二幕小品才是真正的灵魂所在。镜头的轮转间使用了大量历史影像、其它影片的片段，从而产生了奇妙的环境作证。保罗·塔维亚尼用整个过程记述着人们对死者的真实态度，伟大的作家再塑碑立传也不一定会被铭记，而由你亲手促成的坟墓才会一生难忘。整部影片也相当精准地纪录着，二战前夕到现如今意大利人的生活变化。大师级的极简影像之美。
长诗转电影，兜转了那么久终究要谈最重要的承认问题，这当然能让人摆脱有死，但这里真正达成这重境界终究还是原著，而古董寓言的成长故事一经展开，确实是天生现实又自带浪漫，也貌似只有在这样的维度上，才能古典。
镜头语言很美很有范，但剧情无聊，抽象派吗，看睡着了。
3.男孩纸出门在外要保护好自己，尤其心机boy Lord的一吻不是设计好的桃色陷阱我是不信的。
抛弃掉许多不合理的情景，这部电影是非常适合带小朋友观看的，单纯的新奇感，单纯的可爱。
3.7分。
这大概是文青们的菜吧，俗人（譬如在下）建议绕行
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