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.
开头与结尾的BGM就昭示着这是部庭审爽片XD结尾被感动到了，大概是“自己没有的权利只能通过围观来过瘾”心理吧（“我从未想过我会因自己的思想获罪”，感觉此类题材的庭审佳作都以此做母题（所以我们拍不出来，嗯……））
于漫漫黑夜中，绝望无尽处，看到光，那是人性中的“善”，总有希望，总有温暖。
我以为节奏感处理得恰到好处，尤其相比索金导演的前作成熟了很多。剧本苛责的话缺少一个让我惊喜的rosebud，希望芬奇能在《曼克》里做到。
所有政权都怕名单
看完偷自行车的人听听反派影评，回想一下，索金大大还可以加油哈哈哈
剧本水平太赞了，几个小高潮基本全靠台词和剪辑撑起来，这种高强度对白的片子可比一般剧情片适合艾伦索金，之前执导的那种编剧转型不适感也差不多都看不出来了，确实有拿明年剧本奖的可能
很索金。政治的讲，索金对美国这个制度还是抱有信心的，这大概就是美国特色的四个自信。
因为疫情产生了文本外的现实主义价值 又由于喜剧结尾在今年回归了浪漫主义 其角色具这两种精神为一身 so beautiful
以前反战，现在反川，以后反呼吸，美国因为能容许这些人蹦跶而美
审判开始后，也许会很容易忘记，这一切是为了谁。丨“我无心搞文化革命，因为那会让我们分心，忽略真正的革命。” “但我们对胜利的定义不同。” 丨Your life is a "fuck-you" to your father. 丨the possessive pronouns and vague noun modifiers 丨不可欺，不操控。在其位，谋其政。不冲突。stay calm, keep cool, when you have a mic. 丨读说明书要成为习惯。读书要读完一本书。自省。
网飞虽然搞了很多垃圾流水线类型片，但只要网飞继续支持好导演拍出这样的好片子，网飞就会继续牛逼。
言之谓民权主义的抗争与反击，我更愿意将其视作面对铁一般的国家机器的殊死反抗，无畏却有力。理想主义难憾，国家资本亦是难堪。这节奏掌握的真他妈好啊，明明是纪实题材，却拍出了更加戏剧化，富有冲击力的影像，这可比软绵绵的PR左翼鸡汤得劲太多了
世界上有这么多优秀专业的创作人士，我平凡得就像一棵草☹️
“如果注定流血，就让血流满芝加哥。”（小雀斑太适合革命斗士这类角色了吧，《悲惨世界》的马瑞斯也很好哭QAQ）
在诸多不平等、偏见和政治镇压下的审判下，还能得来的倾向正义的结局大快人心。庭审群戏台词有力，标准完美，层层递进，陈词共情。
想请所有人往窗外看看，自己所处的是50年代还是60年代。
全世界都在看！好一个“误打误撞”的借古讽今？！枪林弹雨般的密集台词与行云流水的叙事节奏相得益彰，很显然，这是编剧的胜利，以及好剧本的魔力！
这世界充满苦难与未知的恐惧，但是总有一些阳光与温暖，总有一些东西让我们感受到阳光与温暖，于是我们还能继续活着
【YVR-Park】三星半。也许因为是政治系学生的原因，对本片有格外的期待。而片中对权利和身份的抗争也不免让人联想到现在的境况。都说历史是循环，这不假，但也希望他是螺旋上升而不是单一平面的重复。而索金可能还是更适合当编剧，本片有些冗长沉闷了。不过话说回来，现实中又哪有那么多语言上的剑拔弩张呢？有时候一语中的提纲挈领反而更加掷地有声。
雀斑已经演了十几年男学生了！这样言之有物的台词轰炸可以多一点，没有伍迪艾伦式掉书袋引起的那种反感。听聪明人说话，起而为正义抗争，真的燃！
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