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.
每个角色都很棒，男女主角和男女配角都很给力。导演也很会讲故事，两条时间线穿插。不知道为什么分数这么低，我给五星。每年的奥斯卡都很巧，刚看了两部都是在拍戏，都提到了万尼亚舅舅。
非常冗长，剧本还是没有打磨还，两个多小时的影片至少可以剪掉半小时，剧情可以更紧凑一些！
老板要是不犯事，这姑娘是不就一辈子呆在家了。
妮可演得很棒，但剧作太老气了，确实不够好看
很厉害的剧本，Aaron Sokin估计是当今对角色拿捏最好的编剧了，他总是能掌握很重要的小事，成为笔下角色的大事，在这个故事里，“想要一个家”的女演员，要平衡两个人之间、社会眼光、职场甚至是政治的一切来满足自己最大的愿望，多卑微，多执拗，是她要的太多吗？或许是，但他接受并也深爱着她，谁又能指责谁。最后的高潮戏很棒，一瞬间炸出我的眼泪，或许整个看来太着重角色心境，客观叙事相对较薄，但也渐渐形成导演自己的风格，演员会很爱他给出的空间，Nicole Kidman很有竞争性，应该会再拿下一座小金人。
妮可演得很棒，但剧作太老气了，确实不够好看
妮可女主提名还是很有说服力的，其他的提名没啥很强的说服力，只能说看着还行不够亮眼。。。剧本嘛还行吧
Nicole kidman这脸都快认不出了。。这电影中间时间线看得一度很混乱
剧情依稀有交代女主早年受过袭击却没有收到公正公义对待的过往。KIMI 貌似很好用的样子。没有特别好看，也并没有特别不好看，故事有算完整的起承转合。
艾伦索金还是有想法的，至少不是单纯的走马观花式的人物传记，一条线采用人物访谈+闪回的形式展示了主角几个重要的人生历程，一条线聚焦在一周时间的情景喜剧创作，不过除了结构上的些许花样影片整体缺乏闪光点，剪辑混乱又臃肿无趣。
美国导演体制化后以后的众多顽疾之一 ——对世界无话可说无表达欲之下，只能一天到晚找各种题材改编，以至于当年戈达尔吐槽，拍个圣经故事都要找小说来改编。
四星半。AS的剧本还是过硬的。这对银幕内外的双重夫妻，事业与婚姻密切交织的人生故事也是非常精彩的。由紧要关头的一周展开，陈述艰难的局面，回忆二人的过往，描绘彼此的瓜葛…… 对自身，对伴侣，甚至对周遭和他人的注视都在，这部传记包囊的内容其实相当丰富。在一如既往优秀的完成编剧工作外，AS对影片节奏的把控，对故事重心的安置也都十分稳妥。仅从电影对人物的了解，想感慨一下，对于LB这样的完美主义者而言，对工作和另一半的吹毛求疵，想要一切达到尽善尽美，对她自己和别人来说都很困难。不过，用事业来加固婚姻，将爱人携入自己的理想，让夫妻共事成为一种婚姻模式和陪伴渠道，也会因丈夫的出轨而分手，LB也算是一个真爱至上，追求纯粹的人吧。 * 同样是银幕明星夫妻传记片，《塔米·菲的眼睛》和本片简直相差有十万八千里。
以为是人工智能的惊悚片，结果kimi就是个高速响应plus人工即时纠错版的Siri，有点无语，可能深意主要还是在于当今时代个人信息和隐私泄露的反思吧。不过也正是有获取信息的漏洞主角才能从蛛丝马迹中发现犯罪事实。说来仍是基本相信技术是中性的，会发生什么全看人和人规定的制度。btw这电影一半时间都在铺垫，好在后半段的追逃挺赞的。
美国导演体制化后以后的众多顽疾之一 ——对世界无话可说无表达欲之下，只能一天到晚找各种题材改编，以至于当年戈达尔吐槽，拍个圣经故事都要找小说来改编。
Lucile不在乎名利，不在乎政治，不在乎老公爱不爱她，只在乎他有没有睡别的女人
女神演当然没问题的，澳洲演员在美国操着拉丁口音……emm还是很强了。但是剪辑未免太乱了吧，受剧本影响剪辑影响，冲最佳女主难咯
索德伯格的新题材尝试，我感觉有点像“后窗”+“网络迷踪”的混合风格。女主身材棒！是一部还不错的惊悚片。
站在现在真的很难理解为什么有那么好的机会的情况下要坚持desi来演丈夫…一种时代的无语吧
好莱坞女星的演艺奋斗史，里面50年代的时代特征非常明显：女性主义，种族主义，冷战时期的政治对抗，以电视节目为代表的大众文化。Nicole的表演很出彩。
#索金的电影真的越来越看不下去，如果说上一部芝加哥审判还有点政治上的煽动性存在，那这一部回归人物生活，却一点都不感人。事实证明，对于这种通过大量台词来拍摄的电影我真的一点不感兴趣，感觉很多美国电影都这样，科恩的麦克白虽然摄影好，但也是对话占据太多。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
