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.
这些场景在过去新冠的两年都太熟悉了。脑补了一会儿中国版，比如A妹唱主题曲的场景，跟各卫视跨年晚会主旋律实在太像了。
4.75/5 So much is unsaid yet so much is felt.
奥斯卡瞎了只给了最佳导演，还欠最佳改编剧本和最佳男配。（搬钢琴想起《钢琴课》，原来是同位导演）。每日所见的门前巨山，暗藏张口欲吞的黑犬。人性裂缝里的巨大阴郁与暗火幽微，磨爪，绷到最后一环才释放张力，赞最后一夜那幕马棚点烟，又一史册级含蓄拨炭火撩欲不脱衣的名场面。。各怀孤独，各去乖僻，蛇吞大象的果断，野兔也没有逃路。能看的出后面有个优秀文本支撑，已经很想看小说了。因为看到打了同性标签，打算看色情戏的人会失望了。。。可以二刷的片，4＋
纸花，皮绳，马鞍都好👌🏻，镜头色气但是讲述又很克制，太细腻了，大段的时间交给西部的辽阔和寂静的尘埃，秘密花园里的时光和被血染红的稻草都是隐蔽的欲望，四位主角都演得妙妙妙。Dunst两口子真的真的越来越像彼此了，可怕。
影片的一个暖点：即使是psychopath，在接纳他和正能量母爱的培育下，还是可以做到选择性杀戮的。相反，正常人在过度男性化环境中，会变畸形，与人为敌。故事很精彩，虽然入戏略慢。
从bc拿起丝巾的那一刻我暂停了电影去翻条目，才意识到这个电影的分类原来并不简单。越往后看越不简单。从The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me到deliver my soul from sword，peter和bronco henry是同一类人吗，phil想成为bh，peter“想”成为phil，不同的“strong”不同的“恶”。我好想知道bronco的故事。
还是那位简·坎皮恩，依然简·坎皮恩！！！但是这样的故事适合文字，因为它需要大量的叙述，而电影的功能太局限，时间以及各种方面的限制，导致127分钟内给出一个如此结局总觉得太仓促，太草率，太轻！！！但是不得不说简·坎皮恩的作品戏剧张力太强了！
无声中锋芒毕露。观影过程中有许多想法但看到结局觉得毛骨悚然，言语也打了折。开始昏暗的色调，拥有学识与被困于有限的空间，他内心深处的秘密是隐秘而克制的，通过阶级差距的叫嚣来伪装。两次加上最后一次描述的裸体是转折点，每一次他都展露出内心深处的情感，越是进攻也会误入敌方的圈套被反客为主，他把他当作被困于此的全部寄托，但他自从再次出现于此就已展现出一个成熟的猎手身份。故事终结处有一只犬兽剑拔弩张，于不动声色中夺回全部权利，于压抑的气氛中达到巅峰
表面风平浪静，克制含蓄；内里暗流涌动，情欲横流。
两个小时看一个没什么魅力的人物也是挺折磨的。
冗长、沉闷、无趣的一个故事，套了个西部的外壳。
两万年后的结局还蛮有意思的。要是开战之前让我看这个一定觉得没劲，但经历了最近一周荒谬的一切，我觉得这个完蛋结局真的不赖。
知道此剧最扯的地方是什么吗，就是如果真有这么一个撞向地球的彗星，美国的反智行为很可能是和此剧一模一样。
断断续续几次看完了。整体感觉，意义大于可看性。我不是很喜欢前半段的镜头语言，感觉太刻意了，那种在冷静叙事和人物大特写之间的来回切换。后半段的可看性稍微了好了一丢丢。内容当然是扎实的，虽然是胡诌片，但是也下了功夫。片子讽刺美国的整套政治游戏和政客的虚伪，但说真的，某国人民还没跟着一起讽刺美国、然后觉得自己优越性的资格。如果说有什么整体讽刺、不分国籍国家的，大概就是，讽刺每个人都觉得自己很聪明、而别人是蠢货，每个人都是这样。唉。
文艺片就是这样，看了半个小时不知道在看什么，就一直在刻画人物性格，交代故事背景等等，这也区别于商业片讲故事的方式，不慌不忙，走走停停，大段的留白，直到最后的结局，才恍然大悟，同性只是一条隐线，妈宝男暗黑的内心才是最大的主题，全片卷福演技爆表，完全脱离了之前所有角色，一个铁石心肠的男人，以一种想不到的方式送命，善良的人啊，妈宝男最后的诡笑让人不寒而栗，一开始以为是一部文艺片，看到结局才知道，内核是一部惊悚悬疑片！
拥有奥斯卡所青睐的娱乐性，虽然上映于后疫情时代，拍摄却是在疫情之前，内容重点还是在狠命儿抖落川普政府的前因后果，大概可以算作疫情电影中的“零号病例”。值得学习的是如何用摄影机和平行剪辑表达焦虑，视听上的J/L-Cut，甚至还有类似卡顿的停格：镜头也愣神了。但是目的性极强也会带来无出预料的廉价感，那些万物生灵的纪录片镜头当然要和人类制造垃圾剪在一起，大量的保留声音的反高潮生硬剪辑简直像在做鬼畜一样：这是一种媒介大杂烩，但它既不融合也不当代，而是流媒体对电影（旧媒体）的装载——不愧是网飞作品。
片子挺压抑的，略感沉闷，看到结尾才发现竟然还不错。
张力十足，一切都像在钢琴线上起舞，缓慢又紧张，暧昧又迷乱，野蛮而优雅，让人迷惑又让人恐惧，真是太迷人了。peterpeterpeter，不动声色苍白虚弱又心狠手辣的男孩，披着青铜皮肤的王者，phil遇到你真是祖坟没埋对地方。本尼的表现80分吧，导演101分，希望两位都能获奖。
给出符合我第一观感的评价。看完全片有一种被折磨了2小时的痛苦，大概过于平淡细腻的电影不适合我这断断续续的观影方式吧。刚看完的时候也确实没太懂发生了什么，但看了豆瓣评论后对故事理解是没问题了，那再回想下我到底是为什么这么不喜欢这片。首先是故事性，看的时候不知道导演想把我带到哪儿，也不知道人物动机。然后是一种对男权和另一种“魔法”(仅以Peter为代表)的突兀描绘：不明白为啥要“男权”下的Phil作茧自缚自我阉割到这种程度，难道没有一点可调和的空间？导演再一次只给了我们结果而不给解释。另一种“魔法”(仅以Peter为代表)，更是不知道如何分类？集女性魅力、细腻、阴冷，与男性刚毅果决冷酷于一身，况且真的恋母一种说法就能解释他的动机吗？不能吧？
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