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.
女人的清白要男人证明，搞笑了老弟。中世纪一生黑。
画面好美。
我曾为之哭泣，那是一曲天鹅绝响
只按女权理解是不是也格局小了。整体真不错，最后的1v1嗓子吊心口。
非全知视角下的事实耐人寻味，但篇幅的分配是否又说明了事实？是张弛有度的故事，是刺激紧张的决斗，但在一个肮脏的基础上，这些粉饰都应当黯然褪色。生育工具？泄欲对象？挑逗暧昧？欲拒还迎？都不是，她是一个人，一个独立的个体，一个应当被尊重、应当被平等对待、应当掌控自己命运的女性。
首先并不是罗生门，试着理解老雷的拍摄意图，在三段细节差异极小的叙述中找到关系的真实、全面微妙之处，但呈现出来的效果确实并不尽如人意，大量的重复很拖沓、仅靠对白和情景还原有很力弱。
"I am telling the truth."
本片的优点集结于展示男性对于自身以及自我行为的臆想性美化，将女性当作财产以及生育工具的麦迪文和风流并觉得“No means Yes"的司机的视角中从来只有自己，嘲讽二人伪善。但三条线的信息差很小，主要是展现不同的情绪，因此重复的观感并不算好。很理解为什么老雷要特地标出真相，但这从纯文本角度出发是很无力的一次标记。
以为是大女主的戏，结果是几个男的在那撕。如果男人看此片，大概看到更多的是阶级之争吧。“她老公文盲，她和你在一起的话，你们可以一起读书。”于是，他爱她爱到强奸她。利益熏心的男人的爱就是这么廉价，于是男人的友情前传崩塌的也理所当然。如果他强奸你，你是不会愉悦的，如果你怀孕了，说明你愉悦了，说明这不是一场强奸。看吧，男权逻辑随时随地都能强奸你。此片唯一出彩的是，女主终于看透男人这狗东西了
没摄像头年代判决都要靠男人间武力决定。对女性问题自古也不曾公平解决。老雷用罗生门拍摄手法宛如读本枯燥无味教科书你叫这帮看漫威孩子如何买账？感觉《古驰家族》更比这部有趣些。老雷现在只做自己喜欢的不管大家了
尽管我希望生命不息
设计还挺巧妙的，重情绪轻讨论的片子，不深入但感受到了。
Marguerite给出了答案，而电影所呈现的也让这部电影成为我眼中最好的女性主义电影，不可多得。
却只是奉献了一场生死决斗的戏给围观群众
虽然整个设定其实有点经不起推敲，但是导演对情感的把控还是很到位的，非常细腻动人
和《芸芸众生》那个独角电视剧里面的设定相同，人物性格截然不同，但作为主角本身，即将被替代，都是一个自我救赎与回顾的过程，更喜欢这部长篇的设定和处理方式吧，细腻且让人舒服。
【B+】口口声声称爱我的人将我强暴于无人之室并命我缄口不言，倘我发声只引杀身之祸与玷污之名，他称对吾爱欲噬其自身，却以爱之名蚀吾身；供养我保护我的主人即吾夫日日将我囚于室中，夜夜与我行床第之事责我未尽妻行，他娶的是我父亲的土地，嫁妆是我的身体，聘金是他给予我父亲的清名。吾夫疑我通奸，请愿决斗以明其志，吾娘责我发声，她也曾被侵选择缄默，吾友叛我真心，上报法庭我曾唤他英俊。他们说强奸不会导致怀孕，是有科学根据，他们问我是不是自愿通奸，有没有感受到欢愉，国王同意决斗，因为上帝会决定谁在撒谎，若吾夫负，我将被剥尽衣物套上铁环活活烧死。我为了真相坐在法庭上，望着无尽的男性，才明白我的命运不由我的真相决定，不由上帝旨意决定，却被决斗中先倒下的那个男人决定。我这一生都在被法律制度专为女性设立的道德而强暴。
人要与自己和解是最难的，以及，从自我的高傲中剥离出来也是最难的，所以，这剧情来得太轻松了。
这不是罗生门，是对同一件事的不同角度描述，某些小白不要人云亦云。另外达蒙演的丈夫只是爆燥，不懂人情世故，也许不是好丈夫，但绝对不是某些带节奏的描述是人渣和坏人
很多电影都对克隆人做过预言和探讨，但随着热度退去，已经很长时间没有出现优秀的探讨克隆人的电影了，直到今年的这部——《天鹅挽歌》。
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