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.
当文本的预留空间已经够丰富，那部存在在对话中的“电影”反而不必呈现，权海骁出来还觉得是一部常规的洪常秀公式电影，但后半段诗人的角色一秒魂传江边旅馆甚至是这时对那时错。
黑白+过曝，可以说是技术瑕疵吧，但还是觉得有种超现实的感觉生成了。｜半夜睡不着觉，听着歌，脑子里满是手语场景。“天色尚早，但很快会暗下来；白日漫漫，我们一起去散步吧。”真是既浪漫又残酷啊，在电影里可以永远是白日。你永远可以散步，可你也永远忍受着“漫漫”。
好多长镜头……剧情好平……为最后的几分钟加一星吧。
听到朱迪的利物浦口音，瞬间被拉回在利物浦学习生活的那段时间，想念
只有我一个人觉得小说家这个角色言行举止太讨人厌以至于毁了整部电影的观感吗？？？？？？
噢这么简单的故事 伪纪录片拍摄 直面镜头骂政府 能不五星？
新冠时期的英国养老院。英国政府防疫不利在这部电影中说的很清楚。说到底遇到大的灾难，倒霉的都是底层人民。最精彩的部分是在深夜独自面对病危病人的压力和无助。
天色尚早，但很快就会暗下来，趁着白日漫漫，我们一起去散步吧。
洪常秀+金敏喜，戏里戏外一起看，就很奇妙了。时长92分钟的电影，半个小时之后金敏喜才出现，一度我以为自己开错片儿了[捂脸][捂脸]黑白调，长镜头，拉家常的对话，还是熟悉的洪常秀。《小说家的电影》6.5，金敏喜加0.5，给7分。洪常秀所有片子的配乐我都好喜欢～《小姐》里的金敏喜是人间尤物，洪常秀镜头下的金敏喜是风韵犹存～
整体其实比较平庸，但是题材好评，这是目前为止新冠题材拍得最好的一部了
不太想挖洪尚秀和金敏喜的情史，目前爱情并不是太值得追寻的东西，所以小说家的电影也被削弱了一层外在联系。可能吸引我的点还是在那些处于狭窄空间里的固定长镜头吧，显示了一种超乎寻常的场面掌控力，就像一个人在脑子里写作般协调，演员自如地交谈，个人的表情变化恰到好处，作为旁观者也总能觉察到氛围与情绪。小说家很有魅力，女演员随心所欲，自大的导演喜欢指手画脚，总会有人喜欢我们的片子。结束之后，找不到约定等待的人，那些嵌套在电影内外的事件、形式，都不如金敏喜的一杯酒。
拍摄不规避展示疫情对于生活细节的改变，这又是一次生活与艺术之间的相互对照。
这几部把敏后放在配角的位置是很明智的，但在话题上对我等普通人还是不太友好：创作瓶颈这种困境毕竟遥远，我还停留在投入不足的阶段。不过戳破和尴尬还是一如既往的好玩，也更显遇见另一个自己的难得，这是我能继续看的最大动力。
上海，2022.03.15开始居家封控，明天就满月了。看到这部电影，内心五味杂陈，Sarah最后在车里的凝视，难道不是我们每个人的疑问吗？每个国家都有自己的问题，可能这就是国家的运转之道吧。回归电影本身：剧情减分，Jodie加分。
等疫情结束，差不多就是夏天了。
B+比去年的两部看上去趣味性强了一些，维持住了水准，一体两面，怼导演那段个人看的真爽，哈哈哈
金敏喜还是小女孩啊，被爱的人会闪闪发光。你说要彩色那就拍彩色，最后一段太好磕了，好幸福。什么是浪费生命呢，她有在做自己喜欢的事情。
3.5，很有导演风格的一部导演的作品，活得久有什么意思吗？的确
谁说只有中文的多义性别有韵味，本片中一个HELP的多层指涉同样有趣，开始的help是tommy帮sarah的友善之举令她获得工作，中间sarah开始help护院的老人们生活起居，再到中段崩溃时候的内心OS寻求"help!"无门，最后她又“help”了tpmmy出逃，以及针对NHS以及唐宁街的怒吼质疑help?!
外国疫情电影，和国内的同题材电影形成鲜明对比。灾难之下，医疗体制的崩溃，情感的崩溃，往往都在一瞬间。而灾难里人与人的连系也变得愈加容易亲密。
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