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.
声音带着恐惧，内心慌乱不已。
虽然内容惨无人道，形式上确是平凡常见的工作会议。
太喜欢了，法比安是那些内心纯良但又无路可走者的缩影。
德国人的严谨，一丝不苟和高效，在这场会议中完全用在邪恶目的上了。
“纳粹”说纳粹是“纳粹”
#VIFF2021 拍得真不太行。开场三分钟长镜从现代穿越回90年前，喻示全球加速右转的当下与山雨欲来风满楼的1931并无二异，各种娴熟运用的技法让人着迷。可后面却越来越泄气，镜头也变得平庸，所谓的“渐入佳境”无非就是叙事更主流，再无出彩之处。如果这个故事交给娄烨来拍，起码能短三分之一，也会更有厚重感。
这次他不是画家，是诗人，终于和美丽的小姨恋爱了
跨越时空的传承：开会不是讨论问题，而是发布通告。尽管代表们各有权重，人道主义在深渊中哑火地眨了眨眼，但最终都必须妥协于唯一。从1100万到0，个体差别毫无意义，动态消亡才是答案。文明如何堕落，疯狂如何写就，他都无须出现，但亘古笼罩于万湖之时空。
过于文艺抽象，展示出来的艺术价值观念模糊不清，勉强点击查看一番，不喜欢这样的作品
拉布德写出了最好的文学史论文，我写出了导师叫我重写的本科论文。
法比安淹死了，淹死在社会的洪流，迷惑颠倒，颠倒迷惑
这电影还挺文艺的…不扭捏作态，不无病呻吟
1942年1月20日，希姆莱和海德里希组织发起万湖会议，15名纳粹和帝国高官参加，讨论和协调解决“犹太人问题”。但万湖会议实际上并不是决定欧洲犹太人命运的会议，时间向前追溯一年半，戈林便已授权海德里希处置德国势力范围内的犹太人，其时已有将近100万犹太人遇害。会议大约开了两小时，电影1小时45分钟，除了会前人员陆续到齐、会中短暂茶歇和简餐，全程会议。个人觉得拍得并不好，非常考验观众的耐受力，太冗长。艾希曼给海德里希准备的欧洲犹太人清单，甚至囊括了当时德国尚未占领的瑞士、芬兰、英国。总人数1,100万至1,200万。万湖会议所起到的最重要作用是协调了纳粹的种族灭绝行动，把所有部门所有人都拉了进来。但如果认为万湖会议确定了“最终解决方案”，那是一个相当大的误解。
真的精彩绝伦，看得非常过瘾！这部片对当时第三帝国的政治形态把握得还是很精准：异常复杂的官僚体系，各种部门职责重叠混乱，处处争权夺势，军方与政府错综复杂的勾结/对抗关系。内政部看似手握立法大权，实际上权利已经被削弱。节奏非常棒，人物塑造也很优秀，海德里希比想象中温和些，艾希曼也是阿伦特笔下描绘的样子。最后对毒气室的论述想到了《现代性与大屠杀》，可见剧本还是相当专业
好电影。好多动人的细节。汤姆·希林他又帅又好又帅又帅又帅又帅又帅又帅
“活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然！”悲剧的时代，任何欢愉都是罪恶。
坚持过前半小时的旁白叙事，故事本身极具思想与反思，导演镜头美学不错，暧昧性欠缺，主要归功于剧本或者说原著对后战争时期德国虚无主义，享乐主义的真实写照。人们的追求从精神层面转变为本能层面_饮食男女，大多数人都疯狂的躁动着，躁动的根本就是对未来的不确定，对未来看不到希望，只能把眼前的过下去，日子过一天少一天。
“你可以带我看看你的柏林，如果它仍然存在”。它完全不像这个时代拍出来的电影，好像一部纪实文学般展现了30年代的柏林，重现了魏玛共和国在享乐主义中走向灭亡。从该死的战争，摧垮的经济到，因理想和生活而遭背叛的爱情，挚友身亡于理想主义的幻灭，最终迎来无情而炙热的身心具焚的结局（救人却被当做淹死的鱼和nc焚烧的书）。“这世界容得下体面吗？”世间轮回，善无好报。法比安的问题似乎永远没有答案。
看的时候总是会想起几年前学校里一个跳楼的学生以及他在票圈里留下的那封遗书。当时的感受一如电影里的那句台词，“不该死的人死去了，该死的人仍活着。”
系统性的恶，往往会让人忘掉所有人都是个体的人。那些最基层的执行机器，会有一刻感受到良心的刺痛么？不知为何我总是联想到这个春天的上海。
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