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.
其实从感官刺激来说，开肠破肚这一套柯南伯格自己三十年前就玩儿过了，但又不得不佩服他对身体的探索精神，如同片中说的body is reality，看似在虚构未来，实际在合理表达当代担忧，人类异变，疼痛感知力丧失，只能通过更多的途径去寻求活着的证据。
对不起，我的9年医学教育不允许我理解这种东西
6/10。开头镜头是在海滩游戏的小孩和背景搁浅的船，很快演化出消解塑料的器官的小孩被母亲拿枕头闷死，这具尸体又在结尾被当成解剖艺术来对待，于是开头成为主题的预示，满载着人类美好理想的船以生锈和倾覆完结，暗喻了病态追求身体操纵快感和技术进步的文明异化，而索尔躺着的那张形如甲虫脚足倒立的兰花床，象征着身体和无机物的融合。柯南伯格将未来环境中明朗的设定全部抹掉，用连接肢体的奇怪装置、切割与观看来唤起身体感知，在表演者引领观众集体高潮的戏中，身体外部长出无数耳朵的男舞者、操纵机器手臂打开切口的艺术家夫妻，都将异化和被破坏的身体展示在舞台上，并被观众的目光所凝视，演员的身体永远是被消费的对象，失掉了身体疼痛的未来人，只有看他人将性欲与痛苦的情绪外化到身体上，才能感知到身体和情绪的连接，这无疑是令人悲伤的。
我本来以为真的有女狐仙的，结果……人心真的太坏了
剧情本身可以给三颗星。但是男女主，特别是女主，那个整容脸，那种超级大双眼皮，真是太让人出戏了。
剥了一层又一层后，罗生门的叙述背后，就是比妖狐还多层的人性画皮。
剧情结构居然还可以，罗生门式荒野悬疑。虽然还是网大那种半成品的粗糙味…
比《钛》要好一些，没什么深奥的，也不需要阐释，对性的戏仿并无新意。对于社交媒介（表演性）的嘲讽，对于人自恋的嘲讽，对于人亲密关系的怀疑，也都比较表面化。有一点加缪的冷漠，有一点卡夫卡的异化。其实与其如此，还不如干脆做成影像装置行为艺术，比如像博伊斯的《如何向一只死兔子解释绘画》那样。
把一个个看似无关的狐仙传说串联成一个悲剧的真相。
观影门槛太高，是我自不量力。但愚钝如我也能看出，柯南伯格也许是位伟大的导演，但肯定不是一个合格的科幻作家。
最近想看中式恐怖，这部还不错。可惜就是已经看了剧透了，所以冲击少了很多。完全不恐怖。欠缺的点是，人物性格太扁平，也可能是因为不符合我的认知，不理解为什么救济了三年还能如此忘恩负义。穷山恶水出刁民吗？
基本就像是中国山村版的罗生门，只可惜好好的一个故事败在了建国后不许成精的审核制度。
这部应该是给个高分的片子了，至少4分。因为是网片能到这个水准，所以我给了5分
一开始以为是沉浸式卡夫卡，后来发现是真没看懂。。。
概念上以切割和痛感作为新型性爱模式，试图颠覆所谓传统和体制，但大段对话如论文般空泛无趣，概念的新奇散去之后便落入符号隐喻的窠臼。而概念本身其实也很单薄，如今用药物/暴力/濒死体验换取性快感的现实并不亚于电影，而阶级隐喻/环境污染等内核又挖得太浅，总觉得柯南伯格的想象力开始匮乏。摄影也有点阴间，看完只想要一打old fashioned sex来冲喜😂😂😂
四星是给认真的剧本，虽然网大演员略浮夸，但没想到最后竟也顺眼了。鼓励一下不容易的网大大吧。
最近两年网大电影的质量越来越好，一出“罗生门”故事，每个版本讲的都还不错！可惜结尾有点故弄玄虚或者强行圆满的意思…
人类的未来是长肿瘤和吃垃圾…emmmmmm…
可以，估计是真花钱请了编剧，比同期同样制作的烂片好太多了。最近有个叫杨树林的一直拍烂片，没人管管吗？
很遗憾，为什么明明中式恐怖是最可怕的，我们却不能拍真正的鬼故事。明明前面还有点意思，到后面跟换故事一样，给改成现实大杂烩…
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