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.
关于沟通，和解，未来，通过访谈对答，和一段叔侄情，从儿童的角度去描述一个不同于成年人认知的世界。
这个片名翻译的也太奇怪了吧 我好喜欢啊啊啊啊啊 就是emotional connection超过一切 温柔的治愈像是一个睡前的bedside story 除了黑白影像的选择还是不够好（虽然有了color continuity）IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! 像是一首歌或事一首诗
A two-hour long warm hug/tranquility in nothingness
1. 孩子很像是本色出演，否则演技太高超了。
看着华金穿着家居服在家里晃，我觉得这才是一个男人最性感的时刻吧！！很喜欢电影里用朗读文学作品的方式引出一些情节。月光曲的配乐虽然并不很有新意但绝对熨帖。很喜欢Jesse说，他的妈妈告诉他，尽管我们非常爱彼此，但我永远不会了解你的一切，正如你也不会了解我的一切，人生就是这样。看完这部电影，我决定新的一年也要多录下自己的想法。
“你们这代人已经缺少了这种安宁静”
不给细分。因为这部电影太“我”了。它适合一个小孩，一位家长，或者一个像我一样有很多疑问却得不到答案的青少年。
介于纪录片和故事片中的表达方式，衔接很自然，也很容易带动观众进去。
3.6 温柔啊，让人感觉是用心思考过的产出。受采的大小朋友有对人际关系的感知，有自我认知，有思辨能力，这些和结尾一起让我感到心软，kids tend to think freely，成年人会有很多时刻需要这些天马行空又有点道理的想法来治愈。也很喜欢通篇对声音的处理。母亲去世这条线有点抽离，似乎也可以带出妹妹的情绪问题吧。（看一半被抓去防疫两天后回来看完也是一个神奇体验）
什么是normal？对于孩子的问题的理解是对于自身的成长的回忆，互相的提醒，互相的成就。
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好棒的片子。属于清淡的那种，也是见过的故事，但从影像到故事到表演都好舒服，情感好流畅好动人。我喜欢城市的景象，也想一直拿着麦克风把什么都录下来。
也仅仅只是突然变急湍的一小段
很喜欢，明明很安静很疏离，但就是在很多个不经意之间，便和电影里一大一小两个人有了某种心灵上的联结，不知不觉的眼泪就是证据。每个人都有许多无法喧诸于口的情绪，但是太需要释放了，只能在彼此理解的过程中，慢慢与自己、与他人、与世界和解。小孩子眼中的未来何尝不是大人曾经幻想过的现在，我唯一存疑的是世界会变更好吗？
Its blah blah blah，and u just need come on，come on，come on，come on，come on… “你会记得这一切么？来地球的这一切，我们经历的这一切。我希望你能。如果你忘了我会提醒你这一切的。 ” 我们都是第一次学着做人，父母也是第一次学着做父母，大概就是真诚的沟通吧。
A24目前制作电影的三条路：1美式大型鸡汤（就像本片）2美式青春片（鸟小姐）3美式cult恐怖片及其衍生品（仲夏夜）
这孩子和他妈是不是有点大病？当然舅舅啰哩啰嗦也不咋招人喜欢……Mike Mills温吞大师
竟然是小朋友们能更坦然的面对、清晰的认识这个世界。画面构图视觉上很舒适。
我看中了华金家的床，看起来就很好睡。剧情里的谈话可以作为英语听力，清醒时听，失眠时就不要听了，人生的问题太多，会更睡不着。（当然，听不懂的话，则助眠效果显著）
补标（舒舒服服看完的一部：黑白却不沉闷，各自有各自的困境，却都能在鼓起劲儿后的主动交际中渐渐开阔起来；既然孩子们眼中的世界还能神奇又多少含有希望，也许应该暂时闭上眼换个角度去看看～
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