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.
对，我就泪点低——所以在一部喜剧片里还是有被科幻的浪漫与人类的力量感动到。
“谁会管你有没有心情，我们可以只做那些我们想做的事情吗？”
冰冷的器具进入Anne身体的瞬间，尖锐的痛感，如抽筋般的纠缠，都蔓延到身体的器官里。再有其他的感觉都很难再描述这部电影的观后感。
影片聚焦的矛盾是极端个人主义与极端集体主义之间的激烈碰撞。最大的争议点在于，作为一个「母体」空间，我们该把阶梯教室里《正发生》的悲剧视为个体性悲剧，还是当作集体性悲剧。如何认定？谁来认定？教授的「标准」答案是其中一个尺度，女主和她的同学分别给出了两种同等残酷的标准：爱情的特殊普遍性，即「阶级」跃迁，和做爱的普遍特殊性，即「挂科」劝退。幸与不幸，在「大部分医生都反对堕胎」的年代，女主坐在了「政治」正确的对立面，并于当下成为了「政治」正确的代言人。显然，这个引起生理和心理严重不适的决定她是在理性加持的非理性状态下作出的，即在爱情语境下将政治的文学性与文学的政治性统一了起来。为此，对于「反复」做爱的人而言，这是痛并快乐的「清除」手术；对于怀孕的人来说，这是需要承担风险和独自承受痛苦的「分娩」过程。
拍的挺好，四比三的构图非常适合这部电影，女主困在一个逼仄的框内，难以走出。女主演的真不赖。
除了《流量地球》的宏大叙事，中国人对近未来的畅想里也需要诙谐。故事一如既往地精巧，完整。喜剧，开心麻花已经玩明白了。
982｜80/100
苍白单薄的电影。在表现上半身和下半身之间游移。
在她身上找不到一丝懦弱和妥协，而恰恰这种特立独行的气质，形象折射文明对垒蛮荒的艰辛，以及蛮荒泯灭和扼杀人性的漫长人类历史。那几幕只用现场采音的生疼戏份，共情满满。这部佳作可对标罗马尼亚《四月三周两天》。
很多人都注意到了电影对于女性身体的呈现及隐喻，但似乎没有多少人关注与身体痛苦并列的情欲，如酒吧偶遇之后的放松欢愉，在当下舆论里，痛苦时及痛苦后的情欲是一种不值得被同情的甚至是要被审判的愚蠢，导演没有偷懒的符号化处理身体和自由的关系就很难得
怀孕成了不可言说的疾病，伴随而来的是不合常理的性羞辱和道德审视，体制的封闭和社会环境的冷漠拍得没有《四月三周两天》来得深刻，但这种针对女性的“疾病”即便是最直白简单的勾勒也足以让人心惊胆战。
海浪的晃动。清透单调的高频打击乐声和逐渐降调的钢琴单音按键。干冷的流水记录式叙述。好直白的疼。
3.5，金狮奖这几年的作品趋于同化，除了19年的《小丑》，感觉都是一个路数的淡片。
日常。波澜。阵痛。重归于日常。
怀孕成了不可言说的疾病，伴随而来的是不合常理的性羞辱和道德审视，体制的封闭和社会环境的冷漠拍得没有《四月三周两天》来得深刻，但这种针对女性的“疾病”即便是最直白简单的勾勒也足以让人心惊胆战。
观看疼痛是对疼痛的亵渎。而浅焦镜头只是对「我」那一击即溃的主体性的虚掩；他人即是「我」的分身，「我」不属于自己，「我」不具有普遍性，女性从未拥有过自己的身体。
近年来堕胎题材的电影并不少见，关键是看从哪个角度切入，《正发生》的文本其实比较普通，一个前途无量的新兴女性正在被意外怀孕和严格的法律政策打乱自己的人生计划，所以导演对文本的扩充和放大就显得尤为重要，1.37:1画幅、长焦距浅景深的手持跟拍的摄影方式增强了影像的纪实感，更好的利用空间景别传递情绪也更容易捕捉角色表情，三场堕胎戏即使没有正面镜头，疼痛感的递增也依旧能感受的到。整体上虽然有些匠气，但对于绝大多数普通观众，这是一个1+1＞2的文字影像的组合。
手持跟拍用得真好啊，脸上的彷徨和身体的疼痛都以一种准确且直接的方式迎面而来，不单是这样，还有女性的负重感和忍辱感，也在一步一步地，充满焦虑地传达出来。
想起《四月三周两天》，但是作为女性导演的作品，要更加直接和痛苦。过去的一年，明显感觉女性电影撑起来了！
六十多年过去了，整个父权社会环境在各个方面对于女性也并没有更好更合理许多，有形的无形的来自性别的压力仍无处不在。
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