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.
比你先走一步的爱人其实更担心把你一个人留在这个世界，短暂的幸福怎么也忘不了初遇的皮特，那是光芒洒进摇摇欲坠的家庭。去发现并与尽可能多的人分享，思念像电流一样流窜全身能不能把过去的事物带到现在。继续画画的时候就不再孤单，记载着梦魇的笔记本里那一角初见时的披肩，原来艾米莉一直守护着他。
爱情线比较虚，姐弟线姐姐早已死去是全局最大反转，父子线隐藏了妈妈和姐姐去世的秘密和父亲无法直视的过去。
13/11/2021 @ MMPP。前半段的怪人愛情故事明明很好看，怎麼後半段節奏卻亂成這樣子….
父子和解、姐姐那条线、青春爱情、铁路修建充实的多线叙事。虽然感觉差点火候吧，但完成度可以。林允儿太好看了吧。
韦恩的偏执一生，卷福总是接这样的角色真怕他哪天得抑郁症………这个电影不知道它到底是想主要表达韦恩的爱情还是韦恩的事业……感觉都没有诠释的很好但又讲了很多。看韦恩的画总是能想起《舒克和贝塔》在猫王国里面的猫猫们
电影的色调基本上和画家笔下的猫咪画一致，前期充满了温情梦幻的色彩，后期走向混乱，最后又归于平静。本尼太擅长表演这种神经质的、对现实适应无能的角色了，养猫人又有另一种共鸣。事件选取和表达手法其实挺不错的，作为一部人物传记片，很贴近画家的精神世界了。
一个画猫艺术家的……electrical 人生。有很多绚烂的😺画，演员都很棒。挺喜欢Toby Jones这个演员的，印象最深的是他在达尔文传记片《造物弄人 Creation》(2009) 里饰演的托马斯·赫胥黎。
囊括的东西太多，假装已故的人还在、萤火虫推进爱情关系这种设定太老套了，好多情节都没啥关联，节奏太慢，煽情太狠。不过我还是比较喜欢男主父亲停车站那段，姐弟招手拜别最有电影感了。
爱猫人士和本尼粉丝一整个大无语，选择编年体和旁白是导演的平庸和偷懒，人物的所有重要环节全部语焉不详，包括童年阴影和日后疾病的源起、灵感的触发、绘画风格的转变，更别说标题里的那个“电光”了，依赖出色演员去演绎孤独天才，又制造出混乱的意识流，最好看的是片尾曲的画
韩国拍这种温情戏还是驾轻就熟的，就是把两位亲人都给写死了，似乎有点。。
我希望你能展翅高飞，这样我的梦想才能实现。林演员继续加油
父子和解、姐姐那条线、青春爱情、铁路修建充实的多线叙事。虽然感觉差点火候吧，但完成度可以。林允儿太好看了吧。
整部電影真的是滿足粉絲的後續大禮包，不以粉絲角度來看的話，我是覺得後面節奏有一點拖，但以粉絲角度來看真是完美畢業大結局~而且赤楚和町田的表演詮釋一點都不尬，看BL電影最怕兩位主角尬演了XD
额，好多地方都好没逻辑，男主的人格也没建立好。性格乖张，充满艺术家气息，遇到女主后秒变另一种靠谱居家男…太没道理了。
怎么说呢，年龄大了，只要导演走了心，我就会走心
这个故事讲的…节奏忽慢忽快、逻辑跳跃、因果不明，画面倒算精致，韦恩的画作是惊艳的。无他。
#TIFF2021#缺点和优点都非常明显，然而我会给Will Sharpe的directorship打到及格以上。大概因为私人的原因以及猫奴本质，格外喜欢这部片子的叙事以及色调，即使知道Louis Wain终身被精神疾病困扰，即使知道他与Emily的时光只有短短几年，但伴随着心碎的是那电光火石的情感迸发的瞬间，也就是在那一刻，你让我看见这世界美丽的一面。---“You are a prism through which that beam of life refracts."
另外赤楚演技真是比町田好太多了
我觉得导演肯定不是猫党，拍不好猫就肯定拍不好一个猫痴的一生。
卷福演得很好，电影不太行，不过我反正是冲着克莱尔去的~~~
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