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.
荒谬被拍得荡气回肠，核心的好看点还是在于荒谬本身。相比司机的暴行，达蒙和女主的关系更让人窒息，而且达蒙最后那次，也是强暴（女主应该连两个人一起告！）所以三个人的视角确实缺一不可。繁复感很奢侈。
如果这只是作为某篇相关权益报告中的用典尚可理解，但大费周章找一个七百多年前的经典一战来拍电影，只在「佐证」当下的这么一点价值观，真的很狭隘。既然都明晃晃地跟你说 the truth了，那还要什么三段，太看不起观众了吧？转场衔接宛若在看国产网大。除了女主外基本没有人物，国王形象也很刻板，嬉笑残忍仿佛照搬权游。自从听过分析中世纪室内戏打光问题后就特别在意，本片可以说还是太亮堂了。还有Pierre 老婆的孕肚，seriously ？不过好像在服化道方面，还有冷兵器geek得到快乐，也算没白拍。
男人的决斗真令人窒息，丈夫看到了名义的胜利，却和正义、真相不相关。女人不言不语吞咽耻辱，朝堂上声嘶力竭争取声音，Jodie演得很有分量
朱迪在电影真的太美了！电影整体还是太冗长了，分了三个视角来讲述这个故事，但是并没有特别大的反转，太过重复。每一个视角会有不同的细节，几个细节至关重要，比如把反抗当引诱。
只有男人的脸面，没有女人的尊严。
雷导真是女权先锋，怎么让所有男性角色面目可憎算是被他研究透了。第三章拔高了整部电影，但除此以外的节奏实在有些平，要一直撑到最后才能明白很多地方的用意。
虽然是一个故事，但分了三个角度，完全不显得乏味，虽说是两个男人的决斗，但却是再说女性，可即便是夫妻也很难做到感同身受，每个人都是从自己的角度出发去考虑问题。
美国人和英国人合起伙来讲法国的女性悲歌，哈哈。雷导的导演功力已经是很凌厉了，但前奏还是略长，若能把重心放在科默的部分，则立意将更符合当下女性浪潮。最后的打斗简单，但直击人心。看好本片奥斯卡扫技术奖提名。
章节标题字幕淡出的方式道出了作者所认为的the truth，即玛格丽特夫人口中的才是真相，然而“The truth does not matter”。怀孕的科学依据更显时代荒谬，高高在上的国王则一直在以看戏的态度来检视这场决斗。最让我着迷的是电影“平淡”的剧本。保守之中见真章，相比于末路狂花，我更喜欢这一部。
所以女孩们，Speak or Silence就是两段截然不同的历史啊！
就像当年的《角斗士》《天国王朝》，雷德利斯科特又一部史诗，扎实的剧本，无可挑剔的演技派演员，平稳的节奏，真实残暴的打斗。罗生门的叙事，最后的真相其实并不是最重要的，“小变态”的古装造型非常漂亮。总之，这是一部完美的电影，满分推荐
剧本很扎实，不同角度讲一个故事如同现场听他们讲述很有代入感，最后的决斗女人为了尊严，男人为了面子。
这不是罗生门，是屁股决定脑袋。马特达蒙演这样一介武夫气质上距离稍远，倒是本阿弗莱克演的皮耶差点没认出来。
三个视角的讲述完全多余，只对某一部分有帮助
罗生门叙事方式演员是不是拍起来很省事，一组镜头多拍几个分镜就出来了。
看了两章了。一个强奸案的三种表述。略显平庸，而观众真的就只想看看决斗。亮点是背景和服化道让我又有了权游的感觉。人物造型和年代背景让我觉得又回到了那个魔幻的时空。
导演、编剧、演员都很好。但比起黑泽明的《罗生门》，不那么轻盈，神秘。
都已经明显、直接的呈现强暴了，还怎么叫“罗生门”？以为我没看过罗生门吗。所谓的各自讲述只是无关痛痒的个人小动作而已，情节也很一般也没有激荡的战争场面，不值8.5，最多7分。亚当长得真丑，片里每个女人还夸他英俊，老雷也是瞎。有时间不搞异形，拍这么部扯淡片。
《末路狂花》是超前，这部是当下。最后的决斗拍得多好啊，没有胜利，唯有叹息。这个世界还是需要雷德利·斯科特。
2.法庭一场戏，真证实了，“浪漫”的法国没有一个男人！
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