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.
这个苏联式诗意战争片的尝试再一次印证了“视觉不是美术”——极精致的摄影和极粗糙的故事、对白、剪辑和调度并存，努力实现的气韵也显得虚无。
失望，但为了“有选择”和“都是自己人”，补到及格分。
2021青年导演海上影展 过于追求山水画的风格导致演员的表演丧失了很多，但这比某些脑残战争片好太多了。
在如今炮火连天的战争片下难有如此聚焦小人物的影片，影后放映导演说采用此种视觉基调同时也是为了模糊片中角色的重要性，无主角设计把名留青史的英雄人物淡化，因为在真正的战争中有太多普普通通的人默默付出。 也许是诗性电影的名号打的太响，我抱着似伊万的童年般的期待去看，却让我看的不太舒适，人物表演和台词的尴尬太出戏了。当我试图在如今这个快速的时代寻找一个慢下来的电影，我好像也没有找到，好像影片依旧是那样的“快”。
低对比度的灰黑影调挺迷人。对白像是后期补录的，有一定的技术瑕疵。
看似没啥高潮 保持安静的警戒感同样传递出了战争的真实感
满🌟给诗意和形式芦苇漂荡的真的很诗意水中幻想也是唯美的就是真的黑！残缺的尸体给早场包场增加了恐怖片的效果最后齐心协力口号式的立flag真的对于依旧无法完成在人性的刻画和诗意氛围中的平衡不过战争中的人性又何必多言呢？
慢慢悠悠地 平平淡淡地讲了个激动人心的故事
作为消解宏大叙事的主流意识形态，我认为这是一个很好的开端，包括审美体验上
我没有审美 我不配。。。另附我的朋友对本片锐评：拿摩二等🏅️
黑泽明式的武侠风格加之《1917》身临其境walk along的主线剧情，让本片与印象中的“主旋律”界线有所划分，相比于《长津湖》《八佰》之流恨不得在影片中给你标出来哪里应该哭，哪里应该怒，《云霄之上》的情感爆发体现在微小的细节以及导演在剧本以外安排的主观处理，结尾的血雨将立意进一步升华掩盖了本来枯燥的主线任务。
再前门这里看￣ ￣)σ的镜头很美，叙事完整，讲述的是一个战士执行任务炸弹药库的故事，故事由此开始由此结束。
每个人都有选择的权利 才是理想的真谛。 云霄之上。
整体黑白灰的色调非常符合影片的战争故事，唯美且富有艺术性，烟雾笼罩下更增添一丝丝魔幻感觉，非常值得一看。
说优点 比较于1917来说更加有完整的故事线情节不错 拍摄上使用斯坦尼康对于中国美术学院的闫老师来说 注重美学色彩搭配！！！非常不错战争碰撞文艺美学
和新主流战争片相比，最有价值的地方在于电影真正在讲人，思辨所谓“军人以服从命令为天职”的对错与否。除了主角这种典型的十七年电影形象，每个人都有私心，或是惜命，或是爱慕，或是念亲故，而新主流电影往往会缩小、忽略这些人性本质的部分。
这部电影里的每一个长镜头都是一个妥妥的加分项，太喜欢这一部的画面质感了，一下子就让人沉浸进去了。
别人拍电影是要讲故事，美院老师拍电影像是在写论文。
2.无效的跟随式长镜头滥用，挺废烟饼的。对标伊万的童年 看不清人脸 更别提表情细节 比较好的几场戏 开头的是湖里男主想象的尸群 男主引领大家去炸国民党炸药库的山洞大斜坡大仰角 其他令人昏昏欲睡
太黑了，我还近视，看起来更是分不出人在哪里。但对我来说，还是有点新鲜劲。
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