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.
想要去买一双1970s
戳爷真的宝藏！剧本收放得恰到好处（除了老板娘的分支过于白目），每个人都有一个转瞬即逝成长的夏天。稍微有点可惜的是，戳爷配的两首歌都离巅峰甚远。
奶奶真的很给人以力量，“a fist in the air”是我需要狠狠学习的。
雖然數字黑白的影像氣質始終無法跟膠片對比（同比同樣是 A24 出品的《燈塔》就是天壤之別），但好在美學風格和攝影扳回一城。柯恩嫂和女巫的表演真好。這個故事現在來看和現實的互文感強到令人頭皮發麻。
7.4/两对黑白表兄弟间的厮杀与帮助不免让人感到过于刻意而为之…
视觉效果堪称完美，无论构图、光影都美轮美奂，但是作为莎翁四大悲剧的麦克白，每次影视化都只能在光阴方面下手么？为什么不能搞一搞剧本呢？作为四大悲剧最无聊的一部，其实也是留白最多的，为什么不能在剧本上二次加工一下呢？极简古典风格我也很喜欢，但是各位操着一口现代美语，真的很不和谐啊
三个月，年轻人的生活真是日新月异。年轻人，家人很重要，扛不住的时候，真的可以依靠。
“我和乔丹在这里初吻”“他怎么了”“乔丹是个女孩”“我说的是你父亲”打败刻板印象
蛮忠于原著的。而飘叶盈庭、狭路狭逢、群鸦飞掠……这些高潮与结尾处的画面都极富感染力与视觉冲击。
莎士比亚这部经典戏剧已搬上大银幕很多次了，这部最新版肯定不是最好的，却是最有创意的一部改编。极致的光影美学提炼出极简的舞台感，也为展示人物的心理和欲望提供了广阔空间。对白依循着古典的晦涩感，却在奥斯卡影帝和影后两人的精彩演绎中迸发出奇异的吸引力。最大胆是让众多黑人演员出演，立刻打破了莎士比亚原著的白人意味，流动着紧贴当下的种族平权意识。
科恩但这回无兄弟，极简但这回无幽默，经典但这回太规矩。
挺轻松 挺青春的 三个月的恐惧最终换来了一段感情与家人的和解
i don't get the point of making this movie
十分精致的实景舞台剧，对白，走位，布景都是舞台剧风格，只有更精美的构图属于导演，但是对于½的科恩，这点也完全不够啊
令人惊讶的是这部电影里最拉胯的竟然是丹泽尔华盛顿。他的台词让我觉得他是从《冲出康普顿》过来的。
用电影的形式表达舞台剧的内核是真的别扭啊，没有戏剧中演员和观众的交互感，也没有电影给人带来的沉浸感，是因为用电影的拍法去拍摄舞台剧的表演是比较难让人沉浸的，电影本身是个旁观疏离的视角，舞台剧的演员都是放大型演技，在转型饰演电影时往往要往回收一些，就和我之前看《万尼亚舅舅》一样，当演员直视着镜头一张巨大的脸放在面前时，反而会因为冲击力过强而沉浸不进去，而这个片子犹其，更喜欢ntlive的拍摄方式，是如临现场的观看模式，而不是电影式的拍法。当然瑕不掩瑜，舞台剧式的布景和打光、气氛渲染以及画面构图都很美，用于电影上是一种创新性的尝试，有几处光影的运用让我想起《公民凯恩》，科恩嫂和丹泽尔华盛顿的演技也是无可挑剔。
这种小情侣的甜蜜日常我能看10000集
怎么会这么帅啊 声音还很好听
番外篇的nc戏达到了升华！！！一定要看！！！本lsp狠狠的满足了！太绝了🤤🤤🤤
虽然片名上做了改动，但剧本其实是极为正统的莎翁剧作，所以试图从本片中解读出更多释义是困难的。影像风格可能是与之前几部麦克白电影最大的区别：荒野和室内景大量采用对称式构图；走廊上的门洞光影恰如一排剑阵；奇幻与现实无缝衔接；黑白摄影的另一个优点是弱化了肤色的差异，所以黑麦也显得不那么违和了。
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