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.
根据茨威格名篇改编，只是原著中在船上发生的故事改为主角头脑中的臆想。电影从另一角度揭示了纳粹迫害受害者的另一种方式——精神手段，也说明了人类不仅仅是需要物质就行的，这一点与《太空旅客》和《鲁滨逊漂流记》异曲同工。想追求主演颜值的观众可能会失望，但男主的演技真心不错。
犹豫再三，三星或四星，直到最后半小时的剧情帮助定位。客观上说，尽管镜头&节奏非常舒适，戏中戏也出彩，仍然算不上拍得好，我想最大的问题在于故事整体内核陷入某种疫情下电影从业者的自怨自艾和理想主义。另外，得奖剧本几乎等同于1985年伍迪艾伦《开罗紫玫瑰》。
根据茨威格名篇改编，只是原著中在船上发生的故事改为主角头脑中的臆想。电影从另一角度揭示了纳粹迫害受害者的另一种方式——精神手段，也说明了人类不仅仅是需要物质就行的，这一点与《太空旅客》和《鲁滨逊漂流记》异曲同工。想追求主演颜值的观众可能会失望，但男主的演技真心不错。
“我不求乡给我幸福，是我想让他幸福。”淑子的爱充满圣光又纯粹。桂圆子小姐说，人生总是有不同形式的遗憾，不能更赞同了。电影是神
一如单枪匹马毁掉《梦二》的沢田研二浮表的演技，影片薄气得很，山田洋次对于电影，对于自己另一个人生可能性充满想像和温情，荒废在这个质感如《爱尔兰人》般单薄做作的成品里，可叹。
z一个被纳粹关押空寂折磨致疯的奥地利公证人，靠着一本国际象棋棋谱进入了这个他原本不屑一顾的领域，靠其坚持也为其迷失。//原作者在此作品后和妻子双双自杀，心境交缠呈现。都是悲剧
#11th BJIFF# 最喜欢的一场戏：阿乡要撑伞离开，淑子说我写一封拒绝他的信，阿乡转身与淑子拥抱，伞打歪了，雨淋在他背上，淋在她手上和发梢上，二人交融在一起。 年轻的淑子好像安宥真，桂圆子好像张雨绮。 不知道我白头发时谁会陪我一起看电影。
应该拿这个电影给我爸看，你才50岁，可以成为任何你想成为的人。山田洋次yyds！北影节last one
松竹百年的命题贺文，矛盾设定强行，人物转变突兀，两个年代的戏份比例失调，莫名其妙就成了废柴，更莫名其妙前一秒还舔着脸要跟孙子借钱后一秒就浪子回头了，看似饱含对电影的深情实际则做作的可以，结尾的强行煽情更令人扶额，要不是看在好歹也是电影情书的份上真想给两星
这不就是19年春天的那个我吗55555
山田洋次到现在还在拍电影厉害了，咩酱全片之光
虽然水准一般，但是里面因电影相聚，因电影重逢，因电影而关联还是让人挺动情的。
可以把它笼统的概括为写给电影的情书。主角在年轻的时候向他的伙伴们阐释自己的剧本创意的时候，真的很令我感动，不仅仅在当时令我感动，在他老了以后回忆起那时候，也令我感动。坐在影院，在电影最后我真的有一瞬间感觉电影中的人马上要从银幕里跳出来。今年北影节就在这部讲述电影的电影中结束了。
其实和原著没什么大关系了，只是借用“象棋”的壳、以相当平庸的交叉叙事来完成一个二战故事，减去大量内心戏的表现一方面是原文较难以影像呈现，另一方面也是为了凸显情节的戏剧性——然而正是这一点有悖于茨威格式精神探索；剥夺精神世界较之于肉身禁锢更让人发疯，自由比生命更可贵，奥德赛之旅的意义。
山田洋次的電影真的是要耐下性子來看，還是可以打高分的電影。
旧梦、老友、往日、故人，愿你好景如昔，松竹盛放…… 里面北川景子的那句台词太帅了“你只能选择一种方式去后悔，人生就是这么一回事，你就照自己的意思去做吧！”
看的b站解说。知识工作者，需要了解心理学和大脑的工作方式。
最后结局是几个意思，被耍了的感觉，全篇妻子着墨这么多，结果最后真爱是别人吗？
最后居然看哭了。时代的结束多么落寞。（世界上没有比咩酱更可爱的女孩子了吧）
不明白为何女主如此义无反顾地爱着男主。有点联想到千年女优
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