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.
講的是遊牧，演的是徘徊，徘徊在回憶裡的遊魂，究竟是能逃到哪裡去啊去？
生活的写实如达内兄弟，表达诗意的时候像马力克，稀松平常的记述仿佛看到《昨日欢愉》的影子……这部电影的影像风格在其他电影里都见过，没有特别之处，导演好像只是把他们恰到好处地融合了起来，看不出痕迹，像水一样。
我们有多孤独，就有多自由。非常私人化的体验，钢琴曲像梦呓一般。总有一天，我们会再相逢。See you down the road.
孤独是人生的底色。仍然憧憬那种长途又长时的公路旅行，尽管我知道现在的自己还不够勇敢。
这是一场孤独的狂欢，而我，只能是我，是最棒的女主……
看哭了。选择独处在别人眼里可能是偏执，但内心的孤独不足为外人道也。 -不是每个人都能抛下一切。-你确定我是抛下一切？
公司地铁家的996上班族
anyway，再给麦姐一座小金人吧，演的实在太好了orz
Calm. I love Frances McDormand.
震撼度不如当时看《骑士》那么强烈，缺少了一股狠劲。之前看过一个赵婷谈马力克的《新世界》对她创作的影响，这部片子里有更多效仿马力克拍人与自然的镜头调度，但是其中有一些成为了这部片子的减分项，因为她们两者的落脚点是不同的，马力克希望我们关注的是个体之上的宇宙，而赵婷更像是宇宙之下的个体，所以她通过给置身于广袤无垠中的科恩嫂中景的那些镜头所营造的氛围，比起树林里的几个马力克调度，要对这个主题表达更有效。不过整体还是胜在质感，以及四平八稳的铺陈和人物塑造，减少对白通过镜头来交代心态变化也做得很干净利落和清晰，确实拍的挺扎实
中年无奈版《在路上》 赵婷给在别人印象中狂野粗旷的公路片拍出了独特的细腻温柔 节奏把握很好 科恩嫂的表演又一次没让人失望
影片最后的字幕：献给那些无法停下脚步的人，我们路上再见~
好舒服的电影，与其说是转述或呈现不如说更像是我偶然闯入了一个房间，一个人正在倾听另一个人讲话，不肖多时我发现我也想听。又像散文诗，被轻易地带进一个陌生而温暖的世界，里面有温柔的游侠和群居的篝火。那片土地上的治愈是真正从苦难里生出的花，你不用采摘，光是看见就让人也有所宽慰。
后劲太大了！see u down the road.
很喜欢这部电影的气质，广角镜头将人搁置在广袤的西部平原上，给人以无限的苍凉渺小感，而手持摄影以及碎片化的生活叙事赋予了影片别样的纪实性，女主为了逃离家人，选择与爱人踏上征途，又为了爱人定居，最终又是因为爱人（的离逝）再次踏上旅途，变得是地点，不变的是那颗心，只要在路上，就一定会重逢
剪辑和叙事的果断和延宕导致整部片子的时间和空间都比较模糊，更像是动物迁徙一般无知无觉，我觉得是优点。
没有工作、家庭、金钱、房子的时候我们如何生活，为何而活。也许只有失去这一切、甚至主动放弃这一切的人，才是那在暴风雨中乘风破浪奋力翱翔的倔强海鸥，才最接近生命的真谛。诗意又有趣，悲伤又温暖。
你以为是没有目标而选择居无定所，但事实可能恰恰相反。一个人在内心真的需要某种支撑，哪怕是一种执念，也能指引你方向。当能找到生活里的那种很具象的意义所在时，就能收获一些觉得“死而无憾”这样的时刻。这样的时候可能可以多一些，因为它们无疑就代表着幸福。
一个可呈现社会深层变动的绝好题材被回收到表现孤独个体内心世界这种熟极而流的路子里，游牧民的社群也不过成了风景的一部分。
世界上有很多不得不上路的人，人们觉得他们无家可归，但在他们心里，四海皆为家。敬这些人的勇敢，真挚和心怀自由。
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