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.
居然Henry全片都没有出现… 唐顿最喜欢的三个女性就是老夫人 mary她妈 mary
加菲有追求，有前途～ 虽然现在看着还有点像表演工作室的学生…故事好美，每一个Jon人生中的时刻都牵动人心，但LMM这种快剪真的是看着好难受…可能老了受不了这么多又晃又快切的镜头。这是theatre没法剪辑后遗症么，能拍电影了就疯狂切镜头？
我真的很喜欢这剧的感觉，富丽堂皇，森严优雅但是又很温馨，大家都有美好未来。
真的是满满的情怀
仆人和主人的等级越来越模糊，可以说是一个命运相系的big family，戏里戏外，生老病死，在残酷的世界尽量幸福是真谛。
最后有点感人，加菲老了但露出脆弱一面的时候还是像小朋友
电影还行吧。但乔纳森的经历更让我触动，他在《吉屋出租》开演之前就去世了，这让他成为一位最纯粹的艺术家和理想主义者。
刹那时光短暂，其间辛酸往事却只作回忆录的寥寥注脚，当写下这段倒数时刻，此时此地有更多值得铭记于心的笑。
音乐及演唱是还不错的，接地气，然而电影载体挺不适合这种形式手法的，结构上不断间离，观众不断出戏，没法持续投入情境，另外剧情也是美式套路，梦想现实，爱情友情，无甚新意，还被大段的音乐冲散，老实说，直接编成舞台音乐剧大概效果好得多
一个时代的风云过往，终将成为另一个时代的历史，总需执着清醒，方得始终。对于每个人，每件事，每个局部，处理的随意但细腻，平静而舒服，一切都很安宁，就像一个时代，有丰富的内容感，却始终无卑无亢。
看了开头，歌不错，但不知道，就是不想看下去。#20220628
印象深刻的一幕是加菲拥抱女友时手指轻敲女友的后背，不要爱上艺术家，他会汲取你生命的能量和养分豢养他的作品。
好比中国文化中纪传体的《史记》，本纪、世家、列传对应的是分布于各个阶层中的个体，稳坐金字塔顶端的是以“正直”与“好的名声”教后代做体面君子的老佛爷，中层则是与各路人马打交道负责外交、内政事宜的唐顿接班人，管家则尽下层阶级的本分、叮嘱仆佣若干人等不可逾矩、礼数周全不可瞎唬弄。贵族体系任何外来的闯入者都不得不接受一系列审查，唯恐败坏了血统；最大的忌讳是谁继承哪一份财产台面上说不过去，跟《红楼梦》中“贾府”的权力体系异形同质的是以财产支配权为核心的分配体系。“十表八书”也是有的：受时代限制的性少数群体被鼓励的暗渡陈仓是某种观念解放；以往并不参与社会活动的女性拥有某一类社会职业；阶层禁锢的严密防守则被现代电影业所攻破。会认为其中蕴藏了自由的种子，而老派贵族文明为象征的唐顿终于开始吞吐新时代的空气。
用Jon自己的音乐剧《Tick, Tick...BOOM!》改编成了他自己传记片，形式很妙。电影形式的紧迫感非常明显，LMM本就是把握节奏的一把好手。只不过感觉，好像还是情绪不够。原版《Tick, Tick...BOOM!》音乐剧live单独拎一首歌出来，都比电影里表现的情绪强烈得多。或许是因为电影有一个情绪递进的需要？还是因为加菲在唱歌的表达上不如音乐剧演员？或者是一切的表现都还过于流于形式？||给三星完全是因为在一个好片的要求上看这部有些低于预期了。但是跨到四星去的话，以这部电影的呈现感觉尚不够。
其实他自己选择的答案，已经显露在头一句歌词里了。“牢笼还是翅膀，你喜欢哪个？去问飞鸟吧。”
bravo！21年年度十佳影片！影片展现出一个完全不同的加菲，通过双重视角，台上音乐剧式的内心独白和台下舞台剧式的人物发展，演化出一种独特但精准的视觉语言，拉森原作的配乐更是加分。90年代特有的对同性恋和艾滋的病态政治凝视在当今视角下看来更加讽刺。第三幕的钢琴独唱极为感人，相信一定是颁奖季的大热门！
从开场便知这是这是一出无解悲剧，从各个方面都沉湎所谓梦的光芒里。
【B】当然是极度依赖情绪的，只有这样那些温柔和浮夸才能达到平衡。流畅的节奏和舞台与现实的对应转换当然是本片的优势，或许也正是音乐剧的本职工作，为观众提供丰富且持续的视听高潮。当然，其缺陷也在于本片的“可复制性”，优秀剧作角度的切入之下一切事件的导向都是模板化的，观众可以迅速看出那些凌驾于歌曲之上的点题意味。定位和发行策略决定了它是一部出彩的商业传记片，当然也注定了它无法触碰到真正的经典时刻。
乔纳森的经历让人心碎。八年时间潜心创作，屡战屡败，屡败屡战！但他从没放弃过梦想，拼尽全力地燃烧自己，只为了触碰心中的那道光。最终，凝结了他一生心血的《吉屋出租》成了百老汇史上最著名的音乐剧之一。然而，就在这部剧首演前一个月，上帝无情地带走了他，他才36岁都不到啊……
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