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.
不是看艺术，而是看观念。这样的片子具有议程示范的价值。说真的，我亟需一位性治疗师。国内也亟需放开对文学和影视里性描写的管制。
南希从妈味中解放，开头那身印花衬衣真是吃不消又恰如其分。谈话比做爱更好（但两者必须兼具才能构成）。一丝好笑，几分动人。最后的幻景是真的吗？女性终极幻想了。还好我们比南希早知道这些事，不用等到55岁～～
我是大叔控所以对嫩鸭没什么感觉，艾玛·汤普森的真诚演绎为影片加分不少
…… 这是在干嘛搞粗暴legalize sex worker政治campaign？太愚蠢了，对性、性高潮和性工作、人的关系、家庭对人格的塑造的探讨都太他妈愚蠢了…… 除了男主角实在是秀色可餐不知道浪费一个多小时观了个什么…… 再也无法参考任何豆瓣评分
性满足感+正视自己的欲望+自我认同。
女主说她丈夫死后她再也不会去假装高潮，而观众似乎也不必因为终镜看到了高潮而非得表态满意过程。“双人斗室由性开论”是一种亚类俗套。相对最近的罗马房间、马德里1987，稍远的那部著名的都市仲夏夜……应该说把玩此类素材，英人自有其独到的叙事武器：冷幽默。各种荤腥术语脱口而出然后在对其进行诙谐自讽。可这种特色能量半个小时之后也就像女主的婚姻生活那样陷入乏味，更别说撑满90多分钟？实在太难！这时又不敢像法国人那样用全然放开随性自然的大尺度去助燃（说助燃其实不够准确，“坦诚相待毫无顾忌”应该是此类题材的头号标配！若非如此便不足以弥补不换场景俩人话唠还不是喜剧所必然产生的单调乏味。大家想想是不是这个道理？），甚至为了避免“说到做到”还要反复依靠女儿的电话来给自己“救场”？
Oh, yes, he's like a woman-friendly gay~
1，Leo Grande非常敬业；2，想有一个Leo Grande
1，Leo Grande非常敬业；2，想有一个Leo Grande
不过整体来说这是个轻盈的小品，我很喜欢——发现你的身体，享受性，打破一些边界……这个事情什么时候都不晚……当然，不一定需要去买春，不一定需要和年轻人……
想要掌控无法掌控的他人，又想要解放束缚住心灵的自己。我们都太需要找个人聊聊了。
PS：男的真的各方面都很优秀啊 以为是绿色电影，没想到后面有大招。
首先我要说说我自己的个人“偏见”：因为自己很讨厌越界的人。所以Emma越界行为让我很不舒服，所以或多或少会影响第三幕主题升华时的情绪——因为这一幕在我看来根本就是强行堆砌的；其次再说回电影，这是一部女性导演试图探讨女性的电影，由于主题太过明显了，所以前面在“男性在拯救女性”的段落之后，必然有一处反转，最后两人和解这样的套路，同时也在强调人与人之间的情感链接，这体现了女性的一种特质。而艾玛·汤普森真诚的表演，以及最后的通过自慰达到高潮，也为这部电影拥有了一个强有力的收尾。 / 2022.7.19 公司
拍得真的好说教看到后面就“像TED…”。性转一下丧妻男嫖年轻女孩儿还要给人当爹上课最后说其实我也性压抑，就是个毫无被拍摄成电影可能的稀松平常又让人讨厌的事吧。看不出来除了男主的脸和身材有啥好赞美的。
一个又真诚又像童话的故事，情欲探索的电影可能最怕的就是虚伪，搞来搞去最后都是一些做作的互相理解和彼此尊重。这个故事也让我重新思考了“人要互相看见”这些说法背后的真正的代价。界限分明的幻想乐园崩塌了，但导火索也不是非得要是“不受控制的浪漫爱”，渴望真实渴望对方完整，这也会关系里的脆弱一览无余。想想其实人可能到老也不知道一段关系到底可以承受什么，但只要真诚，总会有机会可以一起抵达深处。
勉强3分多一分都不行，所有分数都给大胆追求性爱和快感的立意，并且，这样的男孩有谁不想点！
室内剧，好喜欢Emma这个演员，最后一幕很震撼。女性在花钱买性服务的时候都要时刻自我反思吗，就不能享受就完事了……
如果没有后半段这只是一个三星作品 就是一个更思辨英伦风满足我们幻想的东西 只是提供乐趣的对象变成了男人 但有了后半段 这就是一部有人文关怀 坦诚的两性关系讨论素材 介于童话和现实之间 因为我实在不相信30岁以前的男人会懂女人overthink的魅力并把她拆解并一一化解 30岁后的男人懂但overthink此时在他们这里就不那么有魅力了 这就是男性或者人类的悖论/无论如何安抚 无论如何解释 还是觉得这种纯为愉悦和幻想 转瞬即逝的关系有过于残忍的一面 但又要承认性满足过于强大 能挖掘出人自己都不了解的一面 让人做之前从未想过会做的事情/整部电影最感人的不是高潮也不是俩人对话 而是看到魔鬼身材的男主 背面全裸 屁股上的stretch mark 太抚慰人心了 对话简直是人类学培养范本 我应该考虑转行
女导演，女性题材！保守老太太喜迎第二春的故事。室内剧，单一场景，大密度对话，执行流畅、稳健，全靠表演交流，每一次会面两人的心理和生理推进有层次感。艾玛·汤普森影后预定。
或许因为思想的束缚和性格，没有大胆地活出自己，没有什么值得羞愧的，直面真实的自己，在性学大师的开导下，明白人有欲望，也有情感表达的需求。
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