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.
没有反转没有新概念没有神神叨叨，但就像主角说的，我们更高级。女主角的远峰蓝眼影也太时髦了不去走秀versace上杂志封面我不同意！
跟原著有半毛钱关系?
冰冷、热烈，风雪飞扬，无依无靠，生死徒劳而已。
将原作中的虚无变夯实了，不容易懂的故事也变得通俗。驹子后半太耀眼，就像一团火，周围一切都暗淡了，为爱奋不顾身看着一点也不徒劳。雪景虽美，却还是不若川端康成的文字美。
高桥的声音很适合读旁白。这部剧有文笔和奈绪的美就可以了。叶的演员相比之下就，对不起。奈绪真的好几个镜头让我想起我优在料理仙姬里的造型。好美。
梦想成真的时候也就说明梦想破灭了。就好像成为西洋舞蹈评论家。就好像叶子跟他说去东京一样。影视化总是少了点东西。演员都是好演员。奈绪演的驹子最后念日记那里真的好美好惊艳（前面完全没这个感觉甚至不是很贴）看完不晓得为什么有点烦叶子。。因为叶子我扣分了。。可能跟设定和演技有关？？看完到不想觉得谁是渣男毕竟年代观念都不一样。。。就是很虚无hhhhhh雪景拍的太好看了倒是真的。
6/10
不太成功的改编，演员是好演员，就是一言一行怎么都不对味儿，有种气质不合的别扭。整个叙事也是功力不足的感觉，抛开原著来看，更是一头雾水。
看片的时候，一直回想当年读小说时自己心里的想象，然后两相对照，看差别在哪里，又自己当初为何会形成那样的想象。
Too old to fuck，老去真恐怖，年度最佳无疑了，又恶趣味又精致得要命。Ti West绝对是复古恐怖片之王，相当于是2022年的《它在身后》。
在初中时懵懂地读了川端康成的《雪国》，十几年间又断断续续读了很多遍，虽说每次都觉得没有完全读懂，但每次又都感慨这真的是伟大的作品。这部电影对岛村、驹子、行男的选角很符合我的想象，叶子则稍微差点意思。电影似乎尽量想要还原原著，但显然力度不够，难以呈现那种徒劳、纯净又悲哀的感觉。特别是最后二十分钟驹子日记的独白，显得有点赘余。最后还是想感叹：高桥一生的演技很厉害！
因为评分太低而超出预期，非常是我的菜，姑且名之为“文学式电影”。要论表现寂寞，从文学到电影，还得看日本。画面、服装都很美，构图讲究，那些服装纹饰太好看了。奈绪真可以继承苍井优的戏路了，长得像表情像选的角色也像。高桥桑那张脸，越来越沧桑了……
只能说是文本影视作品吧，导演也并没有在镜头语言上下功夫。选角我觉得蛮好啊，不然还能找谁演呢你说。一般般，但可以更好的只能说。
整个电影如同记流水账一般匆匆忙忙的叙事，好像也找不到什么重点，就算是谈及这段历史肯定无法略过的池田屋事件，也不过是为后来两次长州征讨垫下了伏笔。
驹子真是有一张耐看的越看越喜欢的容颜。昨晚看完很想写一个评论的，可是太困太困了，于是打字到睡着。从岛村的角度看，这只是一个路过白雪覆盖村落遇到一个三线弦弹的尚可的艺妓故事，从驹子的角度，这则是一个关于最初的爱恋生活所困的放弃还有最后天人相隔的无奈。从叶子的角度，好吧我不知道。她逐渐开始有了存在感，只是在墓前遇到，说自己再也不想护理任何人，然后又一度隐藏在了驹子的光彩之下。是的，你只会注意到驹子，这部片子，似乎别的人都是来衬托她的生活，捉襟见肘也好，逢场作戏也好，真心爱恋也好，都是围绕着她的，一个女人的故事。爱了。
高桥一生和奈绪的选角都不太适合这类文学体裁，即便人物情绪浓烈也无法有代入感，散发出一股照章行事而非创作的感觉。前者没有文人气质，后者的台词有点棒读，演这类题材整体上功底都不太够。森田望智倒是相对较能融入这类题材的气质氛围。过量的旁白来推动剧情是一枚险棋，除非演员旁白功力特好加上编剧特别会写，才会有加乘效果。雪景很美。
演员演技都有，画面也不错，但是感觉不太适合这个剧情，最后变成了推理剧情，应该是改编的不好，是剧本台词的锅。
恐怖片？进度条过半都没个恐怖氛围，最后也就几个血腥的场面。桃李年华花羡兮的题材挺好的，拍的太垃圾了。
就是说，编写义务教育的人可能并没有读过原著…否则不会把这种名著变成「知识点」
多年以后回望这段时间徒劳感也是喝多了几杯子假酒
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