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.
会是我今年的十佳之一。 可惜的就是看的时候是工作日晚上，我有些疲惫，明天还有一堆任务压着，所以没能100%享受。
无言中给出了最绝妙的氛围
最近看过最迷人的电影，多美好的巴黎，那个女人们穿皮衣牛仔裤的年代，那个上街狂欢而非打砸抢的年代，有Jane Birkin的年代（女主居然是Birkin的女儿，我说怎么气质和长相那么那么像！），有菲林和夜间电台的年代。纯粹是一种情怀吧，当然，21世纪的人想回80年代，80年代的人想回60年代，60年代则想回到20年代，只留下无尽浪漫美好的对旧时光的幻想。
第一次是偶然，第二次是巧合，第三次是宿命，感恩遇见
法式经典，侯麦再现。细碎，敏感，怀旧，朦胧。家庭关系，少年心事。梦巴黎。Talulah 真可爱。儿子有点像《四百击》里的安托万。音乐很好，金色泡沫感。引用北岛的诗：那时我们有梦，关于文学，关于爱情，关于穿越世界的旅行。如今我们深夜饮酒，杯子碰在一起，都是梦碎的声音。Gerhard Richter《Reading》的画面。
这是什么微妙的滤镜或者色调 让本就迷人的80s巴黎更加迷幻与浪漫 整部电影都弥漫着惬意舒适的氛围 非常适合拿来放松 原声带更是美妙 睡前准备狠狠循环 可惜啊巴黎这座城市如今也已经回不去了
悠扬且治愈，岁月舔食着创伤！来自于家庭的温暖与理解，度过了巴黎寒冷的夜！我们都是生命的旅人，这段旅程用怀念来填补痛苦与失意！
用档案影像完成匹配剪辑的另一侧，加上电子音乐的使用，当然还有侯麦与电影院，80年代的巴黎以非常规的方式被再造，非常好地契合了电影节电影今次的脉搏。
不是前天不想说话，是有些国度定格在了 1988
在黑暗里看这部影片实在是很有触动。巴黎的夜景，瞬间的情动，孤独的天台秘密。想起我的高中，躲掉吃饭的时间在教室里听电台，还有无数个我刻意和被迫成为旅人的孤单。好想去巴黎看夜景抽烟喝酒。法国人，一个用脚拍也能拍出三星好评的国度。
之前看甘斯布挑CC的视频，好些电影都是“家庭电影”，可能不是什么经典，但蕴含着家族情感，对外婆或是小时候的生活印记。那是侯麦的演员，那是简伯金和瓦尔达家的名字，80年代真是如梦似幻。
之前看甘斯布挑CC的视频，好些电影都是“家庭电影”，可能不是什么经典，但蕴含着家族情感，对外婆或是小时候的生活印记。那是侯麦的演员，那是简伯金和瓦尔达家的名字，80年代真是如梦似幻。
’会有别人眼中的我们。那些碎片，我们曾以为瞥见的，我们的碎片，会由我们的梦来滋养。我们从来都不是相同的，每一次，我们都只是外来者，是夜旅人，是他们的想象，就像被留在房间里的旧镜子上，那些脆弱的阴影。‘
想送给我的孩子一本日记
只有真正热爱生活、热爱电影的人才能把这样一个简单的离婚后生活拍得如此浪漫、如此迷人。去戏剧性的叙事方式一如法国新浪潮侯麦大师，正如巴黎塞纳河的涓涓细流，并不引人注目，却早已融入生活。眨眼间，甘斯布也到了饰演母亲的年纪，却依然充满魅力，让人赞叹不已。公寓里四人抱在一起，在Joe Dassin的音乐下相拥而舞的镜头令人动容。
以及 奶油焦糖就应该配JoeDassin。配乐太加分了走到心里去的那种 麻麻衣品超棒 有一份优雅在里面。
这个世界总是会陷入得与失的循环，无论得失，时间从不回头，生活还要继续。
完全可以再让彼此和女孩之间的冲突和情感羁绊更深更合理一点不是吗，能打动我的大概只有对电影的热爱
圆月映花都，北方的桥，德州巴黎，还有巴黎旁边你们没注意到的库神，很难不爱
色调灯光各方面营造的氛围还是不错的，故事也有些芸芸众生的群像感。本来以为是一个救赎的故事，结果其实是一个母亲的成长故事，应该是男性导演拍的吧（还没看一下导演），如果让女性来拍四十几岁的中年危机的母亲或女人可能会有更细腻或全面的感情。最后如果能是流动的结局会更好，不要是静止的全部人都在的回忆。因为，毕竟巴黎夜旅人，大家都会走，回望那些哪怕曾经快乐的回忆也是没有意义的。我们能做的，只是在回忆变质前分开而已，不然再快乐的回忆都会被那些不真诚的敷衍甚至互相伤害消磨殆尽。
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