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.
很想给差评，演员好感，故事不怎么样，电影圈盛产渣男，他年纪轻轻就开始如丧家犬的一生。拖累一个好女人，心疼这么好的女人，嫁给所谓的“才华”男，悲惨的伺候渣男一生……一把年纪还要为了替他还债 擦洗脏乱男厕。这样的人拿剧本优胜奖，毫无说服力。认同--唯电影和爱不能辜负，但如此渣男毫无立场。
一部给日本电影和松竹电影制片厂的献礼影片，但其实没有实质性的针对松竹的情感抒发点，更多地是讲述经历了松竹最辉煌年代的个体的故事。故事本身的致敬自然不用说，摄影手法、构图设计和细节处理都能感受到日本老电影的传统味道。
很多台词是真戳，也有日子没看这样有趣且感动的片子了.🎬
为当年的松竹、清水宏和小津爆哭。如果电影之神真的存在，也应该是像米沃什的“时代精神”一样，走来走去。
8分。没想到在“你应该选テラシン”那里泪奔了。看电影的时候，也好像身在电影里。
也许，一个人的精神世界决定了他正常时候的格调；但当精神世界被剥夺，已没有所谓高贵和低俗。
这世界上背负梦想的人，有的是因为无法实现梦想的痛苦，而陷入泥沼自暴自弃之流。他们曾经追梦时的闪光，又让多少未经世事的女孩动心。只是不可能有谁做到像电影中的太太那般为一个人奉献一生。颇为玩味。这部电影也如同主人在影片中写下的剧本一样，对失败追梦者而言是虚假却美好的电影世界。
影视民工许多地方都有共鸣（懂自懂🥲）其实反而觉得两段故事的衔接这样做才好，不必批评故事老套幼稚，写的就是那些自我怀疑没有才华的时刻，这也是片子与作者的关系，对于90岁的山田洋次来说，比起精雕细琢，已经更在意快乐看电影本身。
对原作极拙劣的改编，忍不住多讲两句:1.B博士这个角色不该被当做主视角来讲述，原作里“我”与他的萍水相逢却无意间了解到他的过往才是人物魅力所在，事无巨细太平庸了，恰恰只透过缝隙的了解才使人物更难以忘怀；2.B博士的落败才是更合适的结尾，原作好就好在他在疯狂热病的最后停住认输并说永不再下棋，而不是一个莫名其妙的胜利；3.对琴多维奇的塑造非常糟糕，作为原作前三分之一都在描述的人物，其实是个很有意思的角色，有句形容是:“但是碰到他那坚韧冷酷的逻辑，都一一败下阵来”电影里毫无这种特质，甚至都配不上说流于俗套而是糟糕。一定要说优点的话就是最后对弈时周围变成了审讯时的画面，当然这点只有电影能做到
北川从电影里带他走的时候
经历这两个多月的封闭，对这个电影男主的心路历程有了深刻的理解。内心越丰富的人，越需要精神生活，越需要得到反馈…不过，战胜了寂寞孤独痛苦，也就真的超越了自己本能，成为更“刀枪不入”的人。
虽说是《开罗紫玫瑰》的剧情，但在如今的影视环境下看依旧觉得百感交集，影片中充斥着迷影情怀，怀念以往胶片时代的面容,那才是真正的电影。
很令和的电影，但是剧本后半段非常的割裂，观感不好。导致最后的浪漫也减弱许多。
山田洋次为什么要内涵小津安二郎啊
松竹百年的命题贺文，矛盾设定强行，人物转变突兀，两个年代的戏份比例失调，莫名其妙就成了废柴，更莫名其妙前一秒还舔着脸要跟孙子借钱后一秒就浪子回头了，看似饱含对电影的深情实际则做作的可以，结尾的强行煽情更令人扶额，要不是看在好歹也是电影情书的份上真想给两星
因为疫情上海的电影院又暂停营业了，电影之神啊，请保佑我们。
沒看過日本影史，不看「東京物語」，不知小津安二郎為何物的人，怎能懂這部電影？只能說豆瓣裡的噴子實在是貽笑大方之極……
土味有点重啊，哈哈哈哈，不过差点看哭了，电影梦真的太难了
不懂就问，开罗紫玫瑰在先发表的话，那剧本何以得奖？ps北川景子演神了
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