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.
陌生人的偶然相遇会碰撞出怎样的火花，借缘分为由巧妙的谱写故事
都很喜欢但是故事三里错位的对话好温暖。情感上如此微妙的表达，感受到了滨口的魅力。
滨口龙介的剧作设计的极其巧妙，有着西方契科夫式的独幕剧剧情设置，又有着东方式的奇思与幻想，在建构与间离之间游走，整体观感极佳
人生是必然的吗？还是偶然的？抑或偶然才是必然？想象的就一定不真实吗？或者想象才是另一种真实？也许就像那句话说的，“那些按部就班的生活以外的偶然，才是人生。”
伪罗生门格式记叙的中世纪强奸案；两个男主视角的故事色调阴冷压抑，影片第一抹亮色来自真实视角中玛格丽特照顾庄园、为自己而活的片段；两场强奸戏不露骨但令人窒息；结尾决斗处理得极好，丑陋而粗野一如两个男主的嘴脸；由于观众是现代人视角，和电影里的角色似乎有着不可避免的距离感，一定程度上削弱了主题表达；期待《古驰家族》
对话风格 - 特别是第一篇 -非常像Rohmer。第二篇到第三篇，就越来越不同，滨口的“日本味道”越来越浓。我最喜欢第三篇，平淡的开头，气氛偶然而自然地逐渐热切，假如以钢琴奏鸣曲来比方的话，成为了贝多芬的“Appasionata”。
叹为观止，每一帧都牢牢吸引了我，边看边流泪是怎么回事。演绎“偶然”与“想象”的不同组合下，人对已放手的恋爱的藕断丝连、为不伦进行的诡计、光天化日下惊心动魄的家庭主妇与失业中年女子的角色扮演。浓浓的悬念感，三个小品各有不同的气氛，不太有名的演员与精湛的剧本，利落并充满张力的镜头，赛高的观影体验。
比起戳破强奸犯的谎言，这个片子更精彩的部分是戳破丈夫的谎言。嘲讽拉满，特别悲凉的地方又特别好笑。女主演得太好了！
镜头跟洪常秀的一类，但跟那种日常不一样的是这边的人物凸显出来的情感层次感更强一些。最后一个故事，如果我早几年看到的话可能没办法有所感触，但是我现在这个年龄就刚刚好能体会到，难能可贵的陌生人。
夜以继日实在看得让人自我怀疑。。这部意外还不错！个人最喜欢第一个故事，一上来侯麦既视感拉满。整片都配的舒曼钢琴bgm，完全就是法国片的调调。但结尾很日本，啰嗦得都像日剧了，可以再干脆一点呀。
我实在喜欢最后一个故事，如果不做些什么实在对不起这样的意外相遇，如果对一个陌生人，我们是不是更容易袒露心扉呢，
没有没有遗憾的人生。
对话的力量很强大，可惜我不善言表，从不与人过多交流。
大概是三二一这样的喜欢顺序，最日常的场景和对话，生发出超脱于日常的魔法，多重文本让现代社会中人内心最深层最私密的情感脱掉外衣，跃然纸上。不得不说剧本是相当巧妙，滨口龙介也是真心厉害！
年度十佳之五 对于日常的欲望 滨口龙介依然奉上了他切片一样的精准观察 有关纯粹 有关纯粹在世俗下被打压与抗压过程 有关人的两面性 权力位置随着话语不断置换 有关话语中的暗喻在表达与接受两方的相互作用力 滨口龙介喜欢我们 看前两部听到里面的女人说话和表情感觉触目惊心 仿佛有人窥探了我的生活/日本女人真凶残 却又温柔 仿佛硬币的两面 呈现效果只是你转的方向而已 一些很俗的感悟 在爱情关系里 进入一个人的生活并不难 难的是如何将自己的存在植入一个人的头脑和一个人的心里 习惯是个好开始 私密的习惯是个绝妙的开始 语言永远比行为更有杀伤力/一种反差感 一种现实感 一种侥幸心理 一种处于无聊与痛苦的中间状态 对人是否能痴迷于人存疑 人所痴迷的永远都是一种意象而已 人性与反人性才是人所能拥抱最深沉的东西
大段的对白，不太一样的人设，精巧的剧情，缓慢的节奏，我都好喜欢。那个粗暴的（洪尚秀式）推拉镜头让我一下笑出来。（这是今年第一部在自己意愿下看的真人电影QAQ
其实内容都是简单到俗的内核，但是就不知道为什么处理的特别舒服流畅，留白很妙，且深度，这种观影像是在读村上春树的小说。也有点像日式的侯麦，只是亚洲人特有的细腻和对女性那种自我的剖析都更易产生共鸣。最喜欢第三个故事，整个故事浪漫并散发着如阳光一样温暖的善意。
这三篇……其实木有比读短篇小说给我带来更多调动感or触动感。看到很多人提到侯麦或者洪常秀，我觉得完全不是一个路子呀，和里维特是可以联系一下，就是这种间离感，滨口的间离主要来源于棒读，而这又是二次元世界教给我的东西，他从棒读里挖出了很大魅力，也许因为戏剧，但反正和侯麦or老洪是大不相同的。说到间离，还可以联系到一些列用人物动作或造型来建立间离的导演，从布列松到罗伊安德森等等，而滨口这种棒读间离因为对白的“接地气”而更微妙，是很厉害的创造。滨口还是更适合搞长片or长长片，我觉得Happy Hour里的读小说比这部里的要有魅力得多。
对话的力量很强大，可惜我不善言表，从不与人过多交流。
三段戛然而止的人生片段，轻灵得像小夜曲的高潮，只有一幕一幕的场景连缀着对话如串珠啪嗒啪嗒的落下，结束之时，又谈不上结束，想问“后来呢”，却也没有后来。只留下怅然若失意犹未尽的情绪。
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