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.
好古怪但令人忍不住多看几眼，这个故事如果用“正统”拍法反而没什么看头。
我穿越森林穿越荒野
彩色部分将散落的美国符号自成文本(诺贝尔奖、香烟、美国往事)，离乡者在不可归去的欧洲幻景(母亲画像)中寄于女童身体的自我毁灭守候与重生。
800倍速看完后半生但求一死的高文，还挺后现代的
特别拧巴的一部电影。Lowery为了让当代观众理解角色，把Sir Gawain the virtuous的journey of chivalry改编成coming of age故事。改编很难说成功。一面极力撇清传统saga和coming of age叙事不惜穿插荒诞讽刺，一面不得不忠于原著情节用神秘主义风格把saga情节糊弄过去。最终coming of age变成了一条直到最后一幕通过颅内simulation才能完成的陡峭曲线，路上的道德挑战在乳臭未干的小骑士身上也失去了在原著里与virtuous knight的张力。slow pan再好看也救不回来。
以皮兰德娄的身后骨灰为始发点，巨大的争议与巨大的荣耀都曾聚焦于这位作家身上，回溯那“恐怖、野蛮、挣扎的十年”，藉由魂归大海而达成漫长的告别；未完成的告别则不仅是皮兰德娄遗作——《钉子》化为影片第二部分，更是“To my brother”——保罗·塔维亚尼对哥哥的纪念，两部分的捏合通过一位作家和黑白/彩色的切换达到转承。
色调很好，故事太差，整篇敢情是白马王子的大型造星揭秘。
Wow, 好久没有这种观影体验了：看到四分之三的时候我还跟乔老师说怎么还什么都看不明白，看完后四分之一突然豁然开朗，谜题解开留下无穷回味。有些情节看上去玄之又玄，其实故事不过是一场简单的关于骑士精神的试炼，如何面对自己的虚伪和懦弱，如何化解面对巨大权力时虚妄的执念。精彩！
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😅
无功无过的一部 狗狗确实很可爱（即使它很大只还是红色的 呜咽声好可爱🥺最后Emily的speech勉强算做一个亮点吧 不过确实 能改变世界的都是与众不同的人 btw one republic给唱的歌真好看！没看电影之前就先听了歌嘿嘿
真的骑士精神。学Sir Gawain and the GreenKnight时很不喜欢Sir Gawain. 电影的结尾愿意多加一星。
看之前查了一下神话的原版故事，中间从出发到到达领主家里的部分编剧和导演做了发挥和填充，然后后面情节有所改动，和原作还是有一定差别的。最后我惊了以为要整个颠覆原来的故事，后来发现只是导演发挥主观能动性玩了一些花样。
根据爱尔兰流传诗篇改编而来，爱尔兰式的清新和魔幻。理解的话也并不算难猜，真正的坚定不在于腰带咒语的加持，后者有二层含义：宗教神秘（上帝的力量束腰）和骑士的道德仪文。但是被玷污了，不管是信仰还是道德，就说人的诡诈只能够自我欺骗而无法挽救命运。熊人城堡那段似乎很熟悉，天国旅程书里有类似描述，就是要把走人生路上的人拦住之类的。当然摆脱了所有拦阻，高文最后总要达到终点。然后就在落头的瞬间，跳转出人生就是一场旅程，历经千难万苦，到头来坦然接受反而获得救赎。反转出真正要表达的意图，这种“励志”其实也没能免俗。
这大概是文青们的菜吧，俗人（譬如在下）建议绕行
被死亡分开的塔维亚尼兄弟中，保罗向维托里奥的告别，非常个人化的一部影片。
不会有手下留情的仁慈
重点在路上，让我想起中国的古代神话故事，第一个想到的是《倩女幽魂》，都是考验。
“东方人看这个片子相当于毕赣拍了部沉香救母给西方人看”
画面好看，为了看巨人一幕，睡了两次加倍速看完了
出去赴约单挑 结果出门就被劫了 然后打了个飞机回来了…
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