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.
A short tribute to his dazzling 60s.
我知道老百姓是无辜的，但每次看到平民遇袭的场景都希望这些能在美国和西欧国家上演
终于明白了，普京大帝要发动2022年这次战争了，如果电影属实，那么希望乌克兰去纳粹化。
作为一部政宣片超额完成任务。还是熟悉的不着调的开头，之后越拍越上道，很多地方的设计都不落俗套，剧组技能点十分全面。但不太能理解，片头的熊是把鸡和鹰一起放在火上烤？
非常棒！一直在碎碎念，把60年代美国用儿童的视角念出来，很有意思！我和我家小朋友都看的津津有味。正好最近学校在搞航天科技活动。话说，我真怀疑是真人演的，然后转动画，表情动作太逼真！
6070年代没在美国生活过，毫无感觉，不过出生在1958年，于1966年跟爹娘从圭亚那偷渡入境米国的Maya对我说她看哭了，可能是那一代人的回忆吧，就像我们看叶罗丽也会觉得好感动，毕竟那是童年
回到少年时代，重温美国梦，出走大半生仍是少年的林克莱特
俄罗斯根据真实事件改编乌克兰对乌东地区的暴行，男主对自己儿子说，战争最可怕的不是受伤和死亡，死亡只是碗大的疤，20年后又是一条好汉，而是看到亲人和同胞在你面前被杀时，你却无能为力....
1. 我为谁而战？ 2. 我的敌人是谁？ 有些人直到战死都没有搞清楚的事情
2014年的事件，2021年下半年的俄国电影。
Michal Lisowski的场景画的太好了。
这部属于怀旧电影，适宜50后60后看，都是亲历，感受会更深。同类题材的像“阳光灿烂的日子”“童年往事”“天堂电影院”这些评分都蛮高的，这部要是真人电影或许更好吧？
黎明日落午夜的话痨导演，这部很好看，有着青春片特有的阳光明媚的伤感，一个真伪不重要的故事，牵扯着一个美国的黄金年代，缠绕，发展，无边无际。
虽然情节上没有什么波澜起伏，但片子将那时候的年代感表现得很好。3.5分吧
小时候安心睡着 被爸妈抱回家or背回家 醒来就在床上真的是很幸福耶
睡在车上那种舒服的感觉
LL的罗马、上帝之手、贝尔法斯特、甘草披萨 + 阿波罗登月/Space X重启NASA航天之梦
回故美国60年代有关太空和流行文化的生活记录。
说谎家
某种程度上是动画纪录片，关于六十年代的童年记忆。
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