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.
影片的摄影美术带来的肃杀仪式感完美匹配莎士比亚百转千回的台词，看似没有新东西，完成度鲜有匹敌，去年最精彩的英语片之一。这就看出编导和演员的实力了，虽然演员分别操着美白、美黑、英格兰、爱尔兰等口音，情绪水乳交融，组合在一起毫无违和感，所以《驾驶我的车》戏中戏看着难受和大家操不同语言关系不大，纯粹就是演得烂，不管这是不是编导刻意的安排。Carter Burwell生涯最佳音乐之一，魔音绕梁。
构图和调色都很棒，戳爷也太好看了，多多演电影吧！
莎翁台词耳熟能详的前提下，如何做出高作者性强风格化演绎作品的命题挑战让古典戏剧成为最适宜词牌。黑白的视觉策略几乎是删繁就简的极致，褪去所有星光与血色的喧哗干扰，光线操纵与戏台追光高度重合，复杂装置的几何线条和明暗分割组成装饰意味突出的美学影展。无数镜头构图符号象征趋于饱和，单帧如同摄影静画，戏剧与影像的鬼魅共生没过更应侧重的叙事和视听的蹊径，灵魂仍然是减去色彩由视觉消音所打光的舞台表演。无尽空洞的走廊和阶梯仿佛视错觉悖论扭曲的梦魇迷宫，追随贪婪投射的幻象悬崖打转，走向王冠的天梯却向着堕落地狱引路。无数直视镜头的特写强调表演的自白性质。魂灵萦绕不散，被心魔纠缠者前赴后继谋杀权欲腐蚀的心灵，女巫狂舞，黑鸦群起。漆黑，苍白，迷雾和暗夜是痴人说梦的二重奏。如果这是一次A24的纸刊专题策划，将会如何？
不了解莎翁原著，倒是看过不少脱胎于莎翁原著的影视，所以不敢说这个黑白极简舞台效果的莎翁剧本电影到底算不算古典款，又或者改编成分有多少。就本身来说，这种空灵黑白的舞台光影效果就跟麦克白这个命运和人性的故事很配，独白我已经被毒害到吐过了，保持一份昏昏欲睡的心，还是能好好感受莎翁的句子的。至于黑人演员出演苏格兰国王，嗯~~~这事不能提，一切安好，反正黑白色，相当和谐，就这个影帝感觉基本陪跑。
戳爷这个角色拿捏的挺好的，其他的就一般般了，属于青春狗血片。
嗐，这结局我是真没想到，没想到是部少年成长片。戳真好看呐，演得也好！
在陈旧的戏剧中继续萃取更冷峻严酷的张力，Joel Coen让”莎士比亚”重现光彩！
像个拼盘。演员里有的表演很通俗，有的又很传统，英音和美音在空中打架。已经不是第一次不喜欢A24出品的黑白电影，上一次是灯塔。说不出来是A24偏好构图与4：3和黑白的不适配，还是纯粹的不在我的审美取向，画面美则美矣但却又像少了点什么，转场也总是显得很仓促。角色动线感觉也有问题。不知道是不是Denzel Washington爱国片演多了，他给我的感觉实在是比Macbeth要憨厚，唯一我觉得出彩的戏是谋杀Duncan前的笑，剩下的时候他更像在面瘫神游。Frances McDormand的Lady Macbeth让我也觉得差点儿什么，我可能更偏好Anna Netrebko14年METOpera录像里那种气场全开的演绎。既没有完全的颠覆与创新，也没有完全的复古与致敬，私以为只是差强人意的一个改编而已。
凌晨1：42看完，故事挺有趣的，戳爷还挺可爱，我更愿意定义为青春成长片，拥有美好的友情和亲情是最幸福的事情，爱情就算啦（只有泰勒斯威夫特的世界受伤了哈哈）
单纯对我来说，这部电影或是戏剧体验感极佳，风格上简直是在我的G点跳舞…
（btw，我喜欢泰勒斯威夫特）😅😅
A24外观下是对茂瑙、斯约斯特罗姆、德莱叶默片时代的回归，但没必要。
3.5 气质拿捏到位，原剧作中，麦克白行凶后深夜里传来敲门声，这种似真亦幻的心理惊悚是灵魂。电影则在行凶场景后不断突出节奏近似叩击的声音，如钟声、水滴声和靴子踩在地上的声音，这是人物内心的外化，配合表现主义光影太准了。喜欢三女巫出场第一幕，一女巫先出现，随后两女巫倒影在水中，噢噢噢，真好！
故作文艺的蠢镜头，很难再他妈无聊一点的剧情
不过两个人的游乐场还挺浪漫
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
更喜欢贾斯汀·库泽尔的《麦克白》，但是这种极简主义的舞台剧风格也非常迷人，尤其是摄影、美术的艺术造诣让人拍手叫绝，包括那专属于A24电影的诡谲之气。
没啥必要，通篇的策略皆是惨白的邪气与呆板的装饰性，与极简的初衷背道而驰。
总体讲了一个别低头王冠会掉，别戴王冠脑袋会掉的故事，还算挺不错的一点就是糅合了舞台剧那种跳脱出来的心理独白的部分，结合本就极简的构图和画面内容以及远近景，达到了一种心理活动和现实动作并联的效果，想到的是喜剧之王里德尼罗的臆想段落，要说缺点整体极简风格有利有弊吧，景观感过强，缺少德莱叶《贞德》至简内容下的大道，成了一种纯粹还原一个故事的苍白。
不用再改编麦克白了吧，《蜘蛛巢城》之后，不管后来的导演们选择什么样的风格，什么样的改编切入点，在这座大山面前，都显得没多大意思了。对于这版极简舞台剧的风格，打光是最大亮点，也是它在电影化上最成功的地方。
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