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.
拍的还可以，经典电影致敬了不少，就是人物没有基础很难让人共情。后面说其实没有鬼，可能是审查原因？一下子没劲了，还不如真的有狐狸精呢。
柯南伯格对未来人的物化、异化想象一直纠结在官能维度，尤其是sex层面的官能维度。整部电影更像是一个关于器官演化想象的高概念维系之下的艺术片，或者甚至就是装置作品——床、椅子，没有痛感，不会感染，可以消化塑料以及人工化工产品，老式sex作废，外科手术替代sex，内在美，这些概念串联起了电影的文本运转。有个悖论，就像有限之人无法想象无限之上帝一样，人如何摒除非人的意识想象非人类？sex即手术这个概念也许是非人的，但比如拍摄蕾雅·赛杜赤裸身体的那场戏，明显感觉到摄影机后面还是人的意识在掌控，对于色情表达的微妙把握依然是人的意识在起作用。结尾维果·莫腾森吃下塑料制品，留下眼泪，人类器官的悲剧性演化已经无可挽回，封闭了想象的可能，并不高明。一部未完成的作品。
原来是个环保片？？（恐怖血腥惊悚程度不高，对克隆身体器官、人体解剖恐惧的小伙伴勿入）
#Cannes# 像钛的视觉但其他的又比钛陈旧太多。不是很喜欢。也可能是我福柯读少了。左边小哥数次捂眼睛，右边男朋友数次抱紧我，在瓦尔达厅本色出演一个坚强中国女人。
复仇片，叙事借鉴了许多国外电影，又很像七八十年代的血浆片。本来挺不错，可惜把人性说的过于丑恶，没有美的点缀，丑又有何用呢？这个故事大打折扣
崔走召的本子。很明显这是个讲人性的故事，但是讲的太刻意，慢镜头和特写有点无聊，群戏台词写的也乏味，结尾有《功夫》结尾那味了
在我给《钛》打一星的时候，真没想到还有比钛还差的影片，浪费了这么多好演员……
#75thCannes主竞赛#整部片子的气质就像蕾雅赛杜在本片中的人物形象，妖冶性感而迷茫，能把这么小众的性癖拍到人感同身受，这影像表现力无敌了。
# 75 Cannes 主竞赛# 两个小时的煎熬，全程没有停的大幅对白不知所云，除了外科手术没有其他了
在我给《钛》打一星的时候，真没想到还有比钛还差的影片，浪费了这么多好演员……
“孩子的话，谁信？” “瞎子说的话，谁信？”
整体剧情很完整，讲了一个不错的故事。崔走召写的故事还是有保证的，作为一部网大已经很好了，鼓励性四⭐️。
之于新的造物的罪孽是创造者还是扼杀者？进化如此令人不快，一直对自己的身体进行阉割与重塑更像是对进化的抗拒，过程又要欣赏与享受，人类折磨世界的同时折磨自己的身体，所谓的进化仿佛是一种自然的报复，一场大型的自然对人类的SM。多方势力进行角力，不论是艺术与资本之间的拉扯还是对各种不同秩序的维护，落点都是body horror sexual。包裹在新型XP探索之下的环保大片，我自问口味已经够重的了，还是不配欣赏柯南伯格的new sex。小K的存在就是折磨人的吧？不论是她说台词的方式还是表演都糟糕得令人发疯。3.5.小K扣0.5.
我看不懂，但我大受震撼。已经雷老师又脱衣服了。
偏题严重哇，表面上故事很完整，但总觉得很奇怪，支离破碎的
各方面都有很多不足，但是还是比很多院线片有诚意的多
值得三星半。故事的叙事结构，怪谈氛围营造都处理得不错。探讨人心尽显嘲讽意味。村子的居民白吃着谢家的米不知感恩反而满是罪恶丑脸，善良的孩子长大后尽为自己利益大开杀戒。难道和谐美好的世界只能在梦中相遇，哦，不对，瞎子看不见现实世界的丑恶。
导演在目前审查制度下，用鬼神故事来在现人世间的恶。
Surgery is the new sex?
“孩子的话，谁信？” “瞎子说的话，谁信？”
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