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.
所以究竟是想讲个啥？女性视角只是刻板充满莫名雌竞想象的虚假外壳，而如果还有任何女权色彩存在到结尾也已被这个完全崩坏的反转付之一炬
再怎麼說也是鬼才導演埃德加·賴特，看完心裡的確是有點失望。
The script is a dud (again), characters are underwritten, some gestures don’t seem to have any purpose, there is conflict between what shows and what means. Camera work is the only bright spot, but you can also argue that he sacrificed the content for the form.
“我很高兴你没有。”
剪辑、音效都没有以前奈特内味儿了，也没啥黑色幽默（这个怎么可以舍弃！），但好在故事还是那个“闯入者”揭露恐怖现实的故事，是热血警探那种感觉。奈特电影的地域风情值得讨论。安雅的灵性渐渐消散了。总体还是推荐看的，四星。
不说都不知道是Edgar Wright的片呢
赖特的片子节奏永远优秀的像他选的音乐一样。但，本片也太像今敏的《未麻的部屋》和《红辣椒》以及梦那个短片结合一些《红菱艳》的元素。整体整合起来又像是70-80年代的意大利铅黄电影的神叨感。
他上一部令人惊喜的作品
只有前半段值得称赞，Edgar最让人失望一次。
两位女主角都发挥的非常不错
7分。一开始我还疑惑怎么让马特和安雅演对手戏，原来是个反派角色。从时尚爱情片变成悬疑惊悚片，电影故意让观众怀疑的角色其实都不是凶手，而且凶手和受害者的角色恰恰是相反的。如果你期待一部精彩的悬疑片的话，多半会失望，电影中的伏笔和转折都新意不足，容易猜到。但如果期待的只是安雅的美貌和漂亮服装的话，这部电影倒是能够满足预期的。梦境、幻象和镜像的运用还是不错的，一度让我看得挺开心。
英国老鬼吓人，故事格局不够。
【B】爽飞了，纯粹的爽片。这样愚蠢的文本还有什么纠结与挖掘的意义，只需要时刻注意字面意义的好看。惊讶的是拍这样到电影还是能辨认出是埃德加莱特到作品，已然如此居然还没被反噬。
AMC DOLBY 前半段可以给到4星，后半段剧情一下就垮掉了，看得不耐烦起来。Dolby充分展现了导演的画面审美，镜头剪辑也让人印象深刻，如果剧本和人物能再写得好一些就是部上乘的惊悚悬疑类型片，有点可惜。Thomasin好漂亮好灵动，原来就是jojo兔里的那个犹太女孩儿。
#venezia78 非竞赛展映。Edgar Wright真是一个excellent storyteller，可以把任何故事装在精美的潘多拉盒子里，故事层层推进，高潮时所有evil喷涌而出，打得观众七零八落。前面有一些熟悉的电影的影子，鉴于剧本是他本人写的，我把这看做致敬，因为Edgar绝不是一个缺乏想象力的艺术家。影片直到2/3处Thomasin McKenzie饰演的女主都不讨我喜，尖叫得有点生硬，但鉴于Edgar是个纯直男，在大决战干净利索完美处理并且明确点题后不得不接受他就是要这么简单粗暴直接了当的释放。有时我们对一个导演宽容，除了因为对他的喜爱之外，还有对他稳健自信的倾佩。女性题材以这样一种形式表达，虽不够思想深刻，但足够令人印象深刻。男人们在侵犯女性时，应该思考一下，到底谁之错。
但凡漂亮略带风骚的女人就可以被说成是荡妇，明明是强迫，还恬不知耻的说，是你自愿的。
这片子让我发觉安雅·泰勒·乔伊好似黄金年代好莱坞的巨星一样，是所有人都热爱的金发美女。突然就认为有些事或许真的会成为命中注定，加上那迷人的外形，就好似未来注定会众人迷恋，最终走向悲剧的结局。希望这一切不要发生！ 作为惊悚，技术足够过瘾。
视觉效果拉满，霓虹灯光下的安雅太优雅，美死了。拉她入地狱的人成了鬼魂，妄图寻找帮助，所以也是鬼魂拉她回到复古的60年代。而真正在地狱中生活的她，一直活到了当下，也难逃变成鬼魂。悬疑片吧算，一点也不恐怖。
视听俱佳，但叙事土的让人想喊救命。全员提线木偶，结局大可不必。
很好的视觉片。前五十分钟非常新颖有趣，镜像变身玩出花，后一小时开始凑数了，一度感觉可能剧本是现编的就为了能凑到结局。我不是很同意埃德加赖特的“反父权”真的是在反父权，看上去仍然和糖衣炮弹差不多，从双女主到女性配角其实都很刻板，除了视觉奇观和霓虹惊悚的氛围之外并没有深挖什么“来源”，当然这只是一部大众商业作品不用指望太多
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