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.
艾伦·索金真是一如既往，带着精雕细琢的自我观点全力输出，但是我吃他这套~
太感动了 从不同的语言一起祷告那里开始哭 im an islander又破涕为笑 me and the sky 太喜欢了🥺
我们向失去的东西致敬，我们也纪念我们发现的东西。向世界上真实存在的善意和友爱致敬。如果是你，你也会这么做。永远为人性和善良热泪盈眶。
历时百多天的审判就像个连续剧，演员各司其职，在庭审现场作秀，双方的立场很清楚，判决也早有定论，被告要做的，当然是借机扩大影响，无休止的藐视法庭，起哄作怪，把事实摆出来，让公众去评判，把战场上的死亡名单念出来，让历史去默哀。
hello to whoever you are
“永葆热爱，永怀善良，永远温柔”仍然是我们面对残酷最好的武器。
我挺喜欢的。特别是看了一些关于当年这件事的纪录片之后。能从这样一个混乱无序随机的东西里整理出逻辑和人物来，而且人物的占比有轻有重，外形还都跟原型特别像，还抓住了性格里特别精华的点，真挺厉害的。
故事主要传达爱、善意和理解。演员之间配合地很好，同一拨演员分饰两个不同地域的人，期间的角色转换一点不突兀，甚至在最后能很好地融合在一起，实在厉害。舞台灯光主要就是冷暖色相的变化，但是样式很丰富。音乐契合故事的发展脉络，最后单纯只有乐队的呈现也是个很好的结尾方式。
好难得把一场审判拍的没有很无聊。但N记电影通病还是…创意高，拍摄诡异…看着真难受。
This is not only the history but also the world we’re living in.
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！
最喜歡的一處（精心）的閒筆：當大衛忍不住終於向法警揮出自己憤怒的拳頭，他馬上做的第一件事情，是回過頭來看坐在庭審觀眾席上自己的兒子，想起自己對兒子的承諾，面對警察被捕，也要彬彬有禮不能丟掉自己的風度。這樣溫柔的人，怎麼可能是定義上煽動暴動的暴徒。不過曖昧的編導，在公園混亂的那場戲，才真正表明了態度，差點被強姦的女示威者，預示了無論領導者的涵養和初衷如何，當運動開始以後，很多事情就無法如想像中控制，那些如流水般捲入，別有企圖的人們，正是印證烏合之眾的定義，以及運動的不純性。
牛逼的剧本，索金宝刀未老，插叙的剪辑看的太爽。配以当今2020的各种时食格局，实在是沉浸代入体验感1w倍
奈飞在美国大选期间推出的60年代著名历史事件改编的政治法庭戏，挺有意思。人类现代社会是需要法律的，法律也是在不断地实践、反思、辩论、修正中进步。所以能拍、能看到这样题材之影片，很有意义。
米国主旋律，索金台词和剪辑设计的挺好，导的就比较平庸。Sacha人设最讨喜，Frank Langella的法官演得最好，小雀斑挺拉胯。
《芝加哥七君子》依然是艾伦·索金的传统艺能，在他的剧作之下，历史事件成为了几乎炫技的密集文本量轰炸之下的戏剧空间，以及恰到好处的黑色幽默。事件之影像在多（双）重言说者的支撑之下以过去式逐渐连贯的闪回。作为论争的影像，法庭或是悬置的，时空不明的脱口秀舞台，作为影片之于被迫在大他者“失语”增补之下进行的言说，或者是一场政治战争的intepretation，先决条件在于观众对于影像的信任，也是如今影像作为意识形态的诉求。当然，索金没有宣称影像的绝对真实性，而是将视角的主观受限性呈现出来。一切的论证感消失于那个煽情的结尾，在长镜头，以及突然响起的音乐中起立的诸众突然暂停叙事，如同宝莱坞电影之中的歌舞，他们以情感的胜利宣称这一事件的不可质疑。
众星云集的网剧，真实事件改编，不负期待，应该是近期看过的网飞电影里最好看的一部~剧本工整张弛有度，虽然大部分是法庭辩论的文戏，但因为恰到好处的闪回和凌厉的剪辑又显得很带感，喜欢片尾的结束方式，感觉是全片的点睛之笔~
“与政府对我的蔑视相比，我对政府的蔑视不足一提”需要二刷 4.5
故事主要传达爱、善意和理解。演员之间配合地很好，同一拨演员分饰两个不同地域的人，期间的角色转换一点不突兀，甚至在最后能很好地融合在一起，实在厉害。舞台灯光主要就是冷暖色相的变化，但是样式很丰富。音乐契合故事的发展脉络，最后单纯只有乐队的呈现也是个很好的结尾方式。
其实比较期待早先传闻的斯皮尔伯格来拍艾伦·索金的这个剧本。说不定又是一部《断锁怒潮》或《林肯》。可最后还是索金自己上了，缺点和优点一样明显。他是一个顶级编剧，但仅仅是合格的导演。影片中不乏艾伦金句，“我从没因为思想被审判过”，振聋发聩的一句话在平静中更让人震撼；也不乏热血时刻，比如结尾。但和伟大尚差距离。不过对1968年产生了兴趣，想去看《乌托邦年代》。
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