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.
高开低走了属于是，把王妃整成了一个赤裸裸的神经病+同性恋
对皇室就不是很感兴趣，纯粹看看K的表演，感觉完全就是在展示K有多美。剧情节奏一直维持的很好，最后半小时有点崩盘，摄影技巧方面都很不错，配乐更是眼前一亮，看到最后字幕才知道原来是Greenwood老师的出品。
一个纯洁的疯子，一群复杂的骗子
塑造的斯宾塞是矫情的，小K的表演更是矫揉造作的，还好复古视听风格让片子有了亮点，最后的蒙太奇也颇显水准。
3.5。拉雷恩努力用視聽、色調和表演呈現「政治驚悚片」的驚悚本色，並讓用以諷刺的滑稽基調一點點從畫框邊緣滲透出來。然而，既有重複渲染的贅筆，也有破局過快的缺憾。
截取的圣诞假期这段有点没头没尾，对于不够了解戴妃的观众来说可能会觉得有无病呻吟之感，好在我之前有王冠打底，了解前因后果，多少能消化她被束缚压抑的痛苦和不被理解与接纳的孤独。总之，电影拍得不完整，半吊子了。ps，小k演得不错，有get到她的美和脆弱，另外服装也很美
怎么说呢 演得还挺有氛围感的 服道化感觉也用心了 KS也很美丽 克服了自己种种习惯的身体语言往黛安娜身上靠 也算自我突破吧 但看完以后 没啥触动 也是遗憾
神烦这种电影为了格调，配上一堆unsetteling的弦乐渲染，人物对话和行动动机塑造的莫名其妙的神经质。完全忘记storytelling的本性，而是搞些所谓“文艺片”的噱头们。
不敢想像的不好看，甚至配樂服化道也不是很出色。
1.不清不楚的背景身世，讲不清前因后果无法构成合理的人物行为逻辑
《被囚禁的斯宾塞的一生》。小K也开始演妈妈了，仅靠外部堆砌聚焦于主角看似高明，实则是露怯的表现，好在小K表演撑得住，所以反倒证明导演功底略欠火候。
年度十佳预订。本来前半段我还在嫌弃与《第一夫人》过于相像的创作思路（但相比后者又拼贴得过于随意），还有过于浓厚的滤镜感，但是到了后半段一个又一个大招袭来，直接升至满分。旧居回忆蒙太奇，幻想现实交织，与萨利霍金斯饰演的女仆的亲密互动，“愿代替野鸡”的那份奋不顾身，与孩子的欢乐放纵，以及最后的黄色衣衫，那句“spencer”，完美极了。克里斯汀打破了我对她面瘫的影响，演绎得极为动情。帕布洛的光影、构图、视听打造杰出到了极致，流畅细腻的调度简直太戳我了，好几段都是梦寐以求的影像。
小k的英音惊艳了我，这些年在独立电影界的摸爬滚打成就了她，一个好的演员必然要走上演技磨练的道路，现在她的演技可以算是炉火纯青的地步了
不认为说这种题材是小题大做，家庭对女人精神和身体的桎梏是非常大的，尤其是做王室成员这种家庭就是事业。过不下去就应该离婚，人活着就应该追求自由的生活。
单就作品而言，其以传记片的形式意图赞美一“不自由毋宁死”的态度，但戴安娜本身却时常显得幼稚且病态，固然可以说是扭曲的皇室造成的恶果，但她最初，是有选择权的。这就使人难以对王妃的行为产生充分的同情，甚至说她在坐拥钱权的基础上索要自由，这是否是一件不公平的事情？导演其实也意识到了这一点，他将戴安娜的形象游离在巧妙的边缘位置，再加之女性、同志、自由这些普遍正确的命题，一个看似正面的形象被塑造出来，迷惑住一些视线。
pretty shit. 表白那会儿我都震惊了
？摄影机不断地缠绕、逼近，直至侵入角色，鱼眼式畸变正是感觉的起点；距离是尴尬的
年度观影：No 468
取三天，is it the past, the present or the future, 三天，什么样的悲伤都有。每个走廊镜头、推拉镜头，身后总是墙，她没有地方可逃。
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