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.
在滴答声的催促下，焦虑和不甘油然而生，朋友的成功，女友为生活做出的妥协都是一声声的质问，唯有梦想与坚持能换来精神的富足。加菲的歌喉和演技得到了完美的释放，精妙的剪辑让两部音乐剧此起彼伏。但是剧本的情感冲击力略显不足。
其实不是很喜欢加菲，说不上来的感觉，不算喜欢，也不讨厌。看了乔纳森的照片，两个的相貌，还是有许多相像之处的。
不会有人在意那些落下的不同步调者，
用灵动轻盈的方式拍了一个动人的悲剧故事，一个梵高式怀才不遇的天才如何在困苦中继续奋斗，像所有天才一样被误解被放弃，在最终迎来成功时却又永远离开我们的故事。更悲剧的是这样精彩的本应属于大银幕的音乐剧最后只能在网飞看，这依然是一个快消费才华的时代。
在滴答声的催促下，焦虑和不甘油然而生，朋友的成功，女友为生活做出的妥协都是一声声的质问，唯有梦想与坚持能换来精神的富足。加菲的歌喉和演技得到了完美的释放，精妙的剪辑让两部音乐剧此起彼伏。但是剧本的情感冲击力略显不足。
断断续续看了一个周 足以证明乏善可陈 故事老套 歌曲平庸 于我唯一亮点竟是许久未见的歌舞青春女主角 瞬间把我拉回青葱的初中
音乐浇灌梦想，梦想照亮生活。一段音乐剧式的传记人生，是穿透绝望黑暗的炙热色彩。慌乱失措的悲凉现实，乐此不疲的痴迷不悟，八年追梦仍旧没有回响，一片狼藉却也未寻得慰藉。在失去的颠簸中流浪，在爱意的拥抱里哭泣，我握着手中的信念，我插着梦想的羽翼，逐渐窒息的压迫迸发出最坚毅的弧光，所有的苦涩却泛起轻盈的浪花。遗憾妆点希望，失败注解过去，一切的绚烂都簇拥于胸，却停驻不了倒数的时刻，不胜唏嘘的鲜花与掌声也无法见证成功，悲剧却生出了最坚不可摧的记忆……
①大学时演的第一部剧就是本片主角写的Rent，②餐厅忙碌的段落也让我想起了在当年在中餐厅打工的日子，③主角的状态也是让人羡慕的，他付不起房租但仍坚持创作，而我付不起房租却仍麻木不仁…④所以就个人而言是部情怀片，暂时无法客观对待
加菲的影帝提名作。每年都会出一两部音乐片，但我不太感冒
创作者大概是最不能平衡工作和生活的吧。整个人好像分裂成两个，一个还在惯性关心着亲友，一个已经游离出去在想怎么把这个素材好好用起来。又焦虑又冷漠。但是没办法，对于有天赋的人来说，没有什么比创作更重要。最极致的痛苦和甜蜜都因创作产生。唯一美中不足的是加菲唱的一般。/《Superbia》那段几个歌手应该是专业的，Sextet Montage那段那个卷发女生唱得好好！另外力荐《Rent》好吗，有机会看的都去看！
为唐顿哭已经不是一次两次了，但这大概是最后一次。
Jon 这个原型人物采取 Monologue 的方式代入他曾经的几部剧中台上台下 融合生活困境 友情挣扎 创作焦虑 爱情平衡 看到对角色保留了好坏两面 没有所谓的纯净化当然不错 可惜还是很难产生接近感 拍摄不易 很多因 covid 的原因无法做到更好的更逼真的效果 让很多百老汇的传奇人物都出场表演也棒 但是 Larson 的真实一生与他的几部作品都让我很疲惫 个人问题 应该是天然对 musical 的一切都太疏离了 听感视觉两个层面完全不欣赏
诺大可发挥空间最后却靠LGBT故事来燃情。
歌舞都很好很精美但美中不足不够打动人心，从电影角度来看人物塑造不够立体。但歌舞片就是要有歌舞片的样子，有加菲又唱又跳还要什么自行车。
7/10。其实相比[吉屋出租]多声部的戏剧表演，剧作家本人的电影以一组充满噪点、聚焦模糊的伪实录镜头开始，通过对单一主角的聚焦展现了拉森登上舞台讲述创作起源，镜头紧接转换到戏剧工作坊的钢琴演奏，使场景游离在生活影像、口述纪录和舞台实况的多元叙事之间。尽管对于繁华与贫穷的90年代纽约、生命如定时炸弹般倒数的艾滋病时代，不能够充分理解，但情绪的克制大概是打动那些音乐剧粉丝的关键，每天端盘子、欠费被断电的作曲家，对室友放弃梦想从事广告的排斥，联结成一个理想主义者对平庸的反抗。林聚聚对群唱的处理常出现得令人猝不及防，譬如乔纳森为接待吵闹的周日餐厅里的顾客时压力大爆发，以及女伴来到公寓要离开他一幕，乔纳森把自己对爱人的躲闪和敷衍的和解编成了歌曲内容，令女伴失望而归，这也是正确处理歌舞与人物情感线索的方式之一。
加菲还是帅的，镜头和剪辑的处理比故事更好，泳池里的时刻惊艳
但事实更多是终其一生努力活成一个普通人。
每次“Downtown Abbey”出现在画面里并伴随着那段经典的旋律时我的心情总是激动的。不亚于霍格沃兹出现在画面里时。编剧导演总是把美好的情绪毫不吝啬地放到这部作品里。接近尾声时，我以为会像《生活多美好》（1946）那样大家欢聚一堂圆满地在“真善美”气氛里结束，直到一个人的离去... ...“别哭了，吵得我听不到自己死了。” so long,granny.
还是要给五星，从16年刚开始“学英语”到现在也已经过去六年，big house人来人往，婚礼与葬礼同一天举行，新生与故去往复交替，就当它是时光怜爱下不经意留下的童话，当你刻意偏头看它一眼，就如撇去浮沫般悄然离开。
很多歌曲都颇能引起我的共鸣。
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