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.
3.女性电影是为了强调女性独立自主的权利和与男性相等的勇气、胆识。不是单纯地将所有恶扣在男性头上。长达四五年的真相追逐，面对封建体制的压迫，冒着丧命和家族蒙羞的危险，去保护妻子的尊严，Jean绝不是雄性主义的恶霸
想到侯麦的绿光和冬日故事，日常的奇迹。每个故事都让人不自觉去建构与想象一段情感关系的状况，不断去试探又打破，一段真实存在不被导演控制的关系可能往哪里发展，短片结束了它还会继续流动。第二个故事大概是近期看过最让人心潮澎湃的片段了，有禁忌的憧憬又是美好的心流时刻。
天桥告白让我原谅一切且泪奔，也许太侯麦而不够滨口，但是做一个治愈系日本侯麦又有什么不好的
滨口龙介太棒了，这么拍下去迟早能成为新时代的大师。三篇章节拍得如此轻盈曼妙，通过人物间对话准确得剖开现代人的情感裂口，又通过对空间布局和剧本上精巧设计来突出人物间的距离和情感上的徘徊。而滨口龙介最难得的是，在室内谈话之余仍然能在影像镜头上具有一定的设计感和风格化，拘谨的空间在简洁的基础上仍然能够在影像上迸发着魔法的时刻，这一点真的比大多数庸导强很多。第二段公交车戏份以及第三段上下扶梯的戏份，已经深入我的脑海成为难以忘怀的美妙光影瞬间！
寂寞都市生活当中无足轻重却实际上比一切都重要的精神时刻。舒服的长镜头，倾诉般日常的演技处理，理应如此的平和态度，这就是仅你我能看见的魔法。
7.9。第二段《开着的门》似有似无的也像是书里的情节一样，故意用“色情”的情节安排吸引人想继续往下看的欲望，却也拉低了片子的质感。结局很意外。《魔法》人和人的相遇是种魔法，前女友/好朋友，想应该就是提醒，在一起的时候相爱，分开后不要彼此打扰，纠缠不清，彼此做好人和人相处最基础的尊重。《再一次》是我最爱的部分，我好想她们两个分开时留个联系方式！！！就做好朋友就好。彼此相隔20年的“再会”，居然两个人都互不相识，就这样阴差阳错解开了彼此的心结/遗憾。偶然相会，却是初次见面。
构思精妙，错落有致——片中角色、观影者、director、时空意象因互动而组成的多面体中，貌似一段无稽的意念，在不同的面与面之间反射、折射，美错地焕发出多彩的魔力。一小个RNA片段作为信使，让氨基酸链的不同之处带电，并因为带电的方式不同而产生出多种多样的蛋白质。哈，好玩！
他怎么能把演员的表演状态和情绪对白弄得如此真实又精巧十足，又有着流动的空间感和电影质感 实在是太羡慕嫉妒恨了 比洪尚秀好看太多了 片子的魅力在于演员之间互动对话的质感 跟《夜以继日》不同 又回到了《欢乐时光》那时候的状态 演员工作坊真好啊
又丧又妙又温柔。台词写得太灵了！第三个故事太好太喜欢！
3>2>>1 延续了《欢乐时光》的对白和日常的质感，把普通日常拍出奇迹，太神奇
年度有毒男性气概批判大片，老公以为自己是“老实人的复仇”，万人迷以为自己是遇到“欲拒还迎”，但站在女性叙事立场才看清这是千百年来最烂街的女性被利用、被压抑、被凌辱的故事，而正义伸张的前提首先是“滚钉板”，三位主演奉献了精彩表演（但是稍不满意的是本马达和司机的美音真的令人出戏，更不要说本马达的扮相哈哈😂）好在最后运气在女主这边，死了丈夫好出门再活30年～
尤其第三段，想象太暖心了！久久回味ing
更喜欢第二段故事，第二段女主好大胆。开着门，念着荤段落，就像在刀尖上跳舞，太让人屏气了，可惜结局没有很喜欢。第一段故事真的很洪常秀，特别想象和现实的两段。第三段故事的电梯戏特别有意思。
滨口龙介的影片设计感极强，但是这种设计感建立在极其优越的文本之上，或者说这种优越的文本构建在这种精致的设计之中。
大概是三二一这样的喜欢顺序，最日常的场景和对话，生发出超脱于日常的魔法，多重文本让现代社会中人内心最深层最私密的情感脱掉外衣，跃然纸上。不得不说剧本是相当巧妙，滨口龙介也是真心厉害！
我称之为文学通感电影 日常生活的三度魔幻偶然 用想象重组记忆 喜欢这三个故事
偶然可能引发于你的瞬间想法、不可预见的失误、也可能就是一场单纯的奇遇。导演将偶然置于熟悉的场景，它们又真实又像存在于想象中。 最后一部五星。我想起了今年六月在北京地铁偶遇《毛骗》主演杨羽，并与他聊了一小段路的事。生活中的奇遇的确发生着，也在发生后给我们内心带来很大跃动。
小而美犹如舒曼，温柔精致如片中所有女性的穿着。可惜对时刻小心翼翼确认“我是谁 我需要什么 我快不快乐”的日本女性无法心有戚戚，第一个故事里的小作精在闯入前男友办公室时的胡作非为反倒是看得人兴奋。
7.5/三个故事展现不一样的相遇、离别和重逢，巧妙的人物关系和剧情设定让这种人生的偶然性别有一番滋味。
第一个故事说的是错位的爱，第二个故事最性感结局最意外，第三个说的是遗憾的青春。
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