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.
Paul dano的riddler好像毛不易的感觉啊我是一个人吗😂
最后人被救援上来那个片段很难不让人联想到三部曲的《红》。大概是寓意着“生活的希望”
6.5 紧扣时代征兆的剧情片，把落点放置于脆弱的中产家庭，以母女关系出发，柔和地表达出声音及隔膜，中规中矩下可窥一斑而见全豹
以疫情为舞台背景，钟孟宏把关注点收缩放进一对紧张的母女关系中。前半段的悬疑氛围堆砌的很好，后半段导演则因为回到了其擅长的家庭温情路线中而更显游刃有余。贾静雯苍老臃肿的扮相让人心疼。
以为是对比 幻世浮生 晚安母亲 母女情深。走开！没事离我远点。文字没有情绪，却因为人们的解读强行赋予了别样的情感。 在你我拥抱的30秒中，你是怕我传染给你，因为你已经结婚了，还是担心断的情再次复燃，以为这是我的想象 思觉失调，声音化TA的内心世界在海啸火山爆发瀑布，别人却什么都觉察不要到，TA坐在那里一整天，一动不动。 每个人都有难堪的过去，只是大小不同而已，而且 未来会怎样 没有人会知道 熟悉的面孔，不同的名字，你考过驾照没有，倒车会不会啊。中介老板好人啊。就是借高利贷这个房子我都要。 最后贾静雯盯着电视屏幕，孩子一个一个出现，情绪不断酝酿，小静。瀑布的声音变成了溪水。毫无征兆的轰然崩塌，倾泻洪流，这就是我们的绝望本身吗？疫情减薪爆炸的心态。
“不要再问我：你还好吗？我会想办法好起来” 《瀑布》和《阳光普照》有着一脉相承的气质，有太阳的场景都是阴郁的明媚，音乐温暖又悲伤，它弹奏着让你伤心的往事，又安抚你的伤口：你会好起来的。
girls help girls 在空间结构的利用上看到了诸多杨导的影子//更新，诶，我为什么只给了四星？
这么天才的台词不知道谁想的。
没有说的那么差，但是在单色，暖色，冷色里，最失败的就是冷色。心之向阳的人拍冷色太难了，很多情节没交代清楚，又把感情线拉的太长，疫情的联系也不大，应该是没有疫情前的故事恰巧碰上了疫情，希望钟导继续创作吧，还是应该去搞摄影，起码镜头交代了故事。
社会病了，像疫情肆掠死板的防御政策，像银行的傻逼制度连家庭的财务状况都不知情，像油腻的中介厚颜无耻地两头都吃，像水库无预警泄洪草菅人命。病人也需理解也需共情，只不过我们都没有耐心了。
很难看。每个人讲台词都木木的，贾静雯一个表情演完全片，人物之间都隔层纱，感受不到任何感情的联结。摄影很美
没有想象中难看，不过确实前后割裂感严重，突如其来的康复和希望大概是符合多数人的设想吧。
与《阳光普照》很多相通的地方，还是很好。但同样的对人生苦难的咀嚼，心境已大不同，疫情背景的加入也让人有更多的代入感。将凡俗的生活拍出不凡的质感，摄人心魄，后劲十足。贾静雯真好，洗尽铅华，自始至终引而不发，仍能感受到其胸有丘壑。
最后Bruce拿着红色火炬带领人群走出废墟的时候，真的忍不住给高分！
“不要再问我：‘你还好吗？’我会想办法好起来，好好地跟你一起过下去。”这几句台词+母女故事的内核，加一星。
最让我感动的两个点：妈妈了解自己的状况并一直努力让自己变好，女儿真的做到了站在妈妈的角度上去理解她。为贾静雯的演技私心多打一分
瀑布最初是蓝色幕布般横隔在母女间的隔膜，之后又成了心房开启后倾泻而出的情感，母女关系由隔阂走向理解，其间有猜忌有崩裂有毒蛇侵入，最终又被意料之外的洪流尽数冲垮。
【离婚失业母亲精神分裂，女儿担起照顾责任】《瀑布》的故事灵感来自导演钟孟宏友人发生的真实故事，以电影《瀑布》中层层暗喻与不停撞击两个女主角的故事为设计概念主轴，就有如海报中的草丛，缓缓持续着围绕这着母女，像是保护他们又像是被团团困住。而她们背后的蓝色帏幕象征未完工且令人期待的未来，蓝色的基底又像是层层水幕，大量的水花如瀑布般向下坠落。
这个人设。。。确定是蝙蝠侠而不是吸血鬼在行侠仗义吗
疫情之下的日子就像多米诺骨牌，接二连三的倒塌，压垮原本已经举步维艰的生活。三星半
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