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.
本想感受下战后急速变动的日本风物,结果发现影片主题非常突出,这与我对日本影视的观感大有不同,没有那么多自然景观和社情风物的表演,显然这部片子是不打算让不通日本的海外观众感受影片的国别标签,极力地刻画的却是一个时代的温情与一个时代的不舍.悲欢离合也都在抉择中变动~~
影帝演北野武感觉还是太强调「形」了，虽然把标志性特点模仿得很用心，但有时候呈现出来的感觉像另外一种用力过猛……演喜剧人太工整紧绷反而离原型很远。
最后“老年北野武”漫步浅草剧场内的片段真是泪目了，回首过往，所有的聒噪都有无限回音，穿越时空，拨人心弦。
北野武算是我很喜欢的日本导演，要是让本尊来演老年北野武就好了
4/5
泪目了，人总是想和过去一刀两断，哪有那么简单，那些真实的回忆和情感断不了的。
创新与潮流。《火花》是现实主义，这个接近成功传记。老年妆乍看还挺像，正面就有点怪异了。好喜欢大泉洋555铃木保奈美还是很美，门胁麦怎么越长越像小松菜奈了…
我还挺喜欢的。感情很真。有些地方的处理是有点儿水。但够了。力使七分。
阿武师傅出事后，还在灵堂前讲漫才，保持谐星的幽默感，在某种程度上继承了师傅深见千三郎对艺术的追求。“我是谐星，八嘎呀路！”其实没有看过太多北野武导的电影，但北野武演的电影看过不少，具体认知中北野武就是个倔强的小老头，能说点真话，也是真的有才，可以为所欲为。实际上这不是北野武第一部关于漫长的电影，对于身份认知，从本片中看，北野武一直很认可自己作为谐星的身份。愿历经千帆，归来仍是少年。柳乐优弥长得一点都不像北野武，角色就是阿武（总有种魂穿武则天的感觉），阿武很好的表现出北野武痴的一面，对表演艺术的痴；对师傅深见千三郎的敬，实际上出走半生，却一直铭记恩师教诲。电影故事后半段稍微有点脱节，节奏一下子就没有前面那么流畅，但是日式独有的细节一点不缺，在炎炎夏日，看看大佬是如何怀念恩师的，还是极好的！
2.开始20分钟节奏比较慢，观众很难通过前面的情节与角色共鸣
综合：8.2
“你要告诉观众，什么是有趣的。”
很平庸，毕竟这是滚烫的人生。差不多是从在后台跳踢踏舞才算有感觉。大泉洋比柳乐优弥好太多，柳乐优弥表演痕迹太重，太执着于北野武的招牌动作。好看的是真实的人生。
又是一部网飞，今年的年度十佳几乎被网飞垄断，讲的是北野武青年在浅草做学徒时期的故事，最后一段长镜头朝花夕拾，透过影像青年老年北野武互相张望，很是感动。推荐大家看一部同样题材的日剧《火花》。
有情，有梦，当少年变成白发，初心依旧，愿你的爱能永远如霜雪之贞。
导演是怎么可以把每一场戏都导得那么难看的啊！！剪辑也有很大问题，滥用蒙太奇，通篇看下来就是无聊且无趣，如果不是因为北野武的名字，真的很难坚持下来。年轻的时候就开始面部抽搐除了想展示演技以外还有任何意义吗？（但也并没有给演技加成）最后一场长镜头可能是全片导得最好的一场了，但设计成主观镜头会不会更好看一点呢？拍成这么个白开水导演要付很大责任啊！
“我是谐星，八嘎牙路！”2021年底为数不多把我眼泪骗出来的电影，真的是诚意之作。整个故事的结构不死板但又不觉得混乱，全程都能很入戏。PS:就是踢踏舞一出现就让我想到海澜之家男人的衣柜😂
第3494-加一星给两位主演。演北野武难度挺大，尤其柳乐优弥外形颜值上与北野武差距这么大，痕迹肯定有，能不突兀已经很不错了。以前没看过大泉洋的戏，能与柳乐优弥平分秋色不容易。
ps,推荐看书《菊次郎与佐纪》，听歌《走过的街道》，作者均出自北野武。
大师的话说的很对啊，不要扮丑被人笑，要靠技艺逗人笑。
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