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.
虽然有些地方的确挺尬的
推霍夫曼的崽我能理解，但在这个故事里，男孩为啥非她不可属实不懂。另外女孩长相太一般，难道是崽儿不值得所以再捎带捧个跨界歌手？故事也有点LA自嗨的感觉，没啥意思，看一半当练琴bgm
和《私恋失调》一个调调，一连串事件串起来看得是目不转睛，但可能确实也没讲什么。。。Alana很灵！
“我们都只是跑来跑去”孟克柔的话好适合这两个人关系。
6.1/10 #Landmark 纯粹直接的20世纪Rom-Com，毫无预兆地直接将男女主的相遇丢给观众，然后便开始了一场以奔跑为载体的疾驰，将七十年代的Oil Cargo油荒与焦灼的越战全然抛弃，剩下的只有以两人为中心的自成世界。绝大部分的镜头构图与调度都是恰当且优秀的，可惜太多以人物为中心的笑点过于陈腐与冒犯(或许是因为其追求极度“复古”却不够“怀旧”的潜在氛围缺失)，无论是对日本带有Orientalism式的视角，还是对同性群体嵌入传统两性对立的描写，都让这些角色或身份成为被剥削利用的道具，成为了被刻意创造的“事件”，来营造主叙事线上的章节，而本可以用被大体忽视的时代与城市地貌来创造。不过对于男主与女主的刻画极为细腻(女主值得影后)，让这些疯狂与幼稚也值得反复凝视。
其实我一直不是很能get到PTA的电影，而这部一开始真的显得十分漫长，差点半途放弃，但后半段越看越喜欢，对两位主角间模糊复杂的情感刻画到位，并借此对当年的社会环境风气，政治变动以及女性的生存环境等都有涉及，却不显突兀，反而在一些幽默元素的烘托下显得很轻松，趣味十足
ps，男女主真的看不太出来年纪差了十好几岁
这就是青春，悸动与不确定，人性的起承转合，复古的色调和选曲，以及客串的明星都加分，PTA did another good job... 如果片长缩到100分钟可能会更令观众舒适？
片子不错，一看豆瓣评论区各种“racism”“sexism”瞎几把乱吠就知道必是好片
通篇比较荒诞，但笑料包袱还是有几处的，魏翔不易啊。老婆说，没沈腾，没砸了就不错了。二刷加上一星，为了天才白痴梦和彩虹下面。马丽也真是辛苦，需要跟所有麻花男演员搭戏
奇奇怪怪的卡司；HAIM爸爸的台词100%即兴演出；Alana本人真实完成所有驾驶部分，Alana车技高超
三星半。再没有多少事，比青春年少随心所欲的奔跑更让人羡慕。过了那个年岁，人们奔跑就只是为了健身，不再有漫长的夏夜空旷的街道，和一定要用跑、用狠狠拥抱去见的人了。
笑死我了这个片，里面人物都跟哈了叶子一样，神经病得可爱。PTA又拍了一部《魅影缝匠》，我觉得它们内核是一样的，两个时而傻吊、时而可爱、时而酷炫的角色注定应该在一起。啊，太浪漫了，要不是因为是在线看的，碰到好几次卡顿，我还能打更高。但就莫名的，发现现在缺少那种为了设计得花哨但也巧妙的镜头会激动的状态了，我理性意识到了，但是感性没被触发。
女主的长脸大鼻子像极了艾伦·卡明,极出戏。惊闻小男主是霍夫曼之子，想起《闻香识女人》中他有同样的拨厚重发帘的镜头,so sad。
所有最好笑的包袱都来自于原版，然后编剧自创了挺多烂笑话儿，就显得挺有断层的。
在这部里松散的现代结构并没有给故事带来什么不可言喻的神秘，以往围绕人物、关系、环境、时代或氛围的诡异组织能力消失了，二人关系角力的核心并没有足够强大的吸引力和能量，我们也就几乎看不到镜头语言服务到的理念对象是什么，它不够持续而只是局部上单一的技术层面的好看而已（几个奔跑的长镜），于是我们便该意识到以往pta电影里的一部分魔力是来源于演员表演对角色本身核心意志的把握和于其外表、行为中四散而出也不可捉摸部分地准确演绎的结合。
女主一度陷入男性囚牢中，但解救她的亦不是男主，只能是浪漫的逃离，如此看来PTA绝非不解women power风情。//能把如此cliche的故事讲的如此动听，就连“奔向彼此”都重新焕发张力和光彩！水床和弹珠游戏对抗石油和政治，这才是真正的70年代。
笑不出来，浪费我100分钟。但看得出来魏翔很努力，电影院好多人笑的前仰后合，可能这个搞笑形式就是不适合我吧。最后cue到《荒野大镖客》，点赞👍
还蛮常见的酷女孩与古怪男孩的迷惘青春。演员魅力有限所以即使是这个设定也不加分，音乐带来的嬉皮又荒诞的氛围还不错。
你16岁时候就会拥有豪宅，我30岁的时候还在这里为孩子们拍照 时光流逝，那些餐厅的遐想并没有成真 但是那个承诺始终没变 我不会忘记你，正如你也不会忘记我 当美式青春遇上日剧跑，多了份加州的阳光，也缺少了北海道的温馨！ 这是随于PTA对于黄金年代的怀念，更是他对青春的一份情书！
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