何维健
发表于5分钟前回复 :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
郑秀文
发表于7分钟前回复 :艾莉克西亚（阿加莎·罗塞勒 Agathe Rousselle 饰）是一名汽车模特，拥有曼妙身材的她靠着跳艳舞维持生计。早年间，一场车祸让艾莉克西亚的大脑中被医生植入了钛金属，这块金属随着时间的推移，渐渐影响了她的性格，让她变得暴戾而又狂躁，在钛金属的影响下，她甚至杀死了自己的双亲。不仅如此，艾莉克西亚还发现自己对汽车产生了性趣，在和汽车发生了性关系后，艾莉克西亚发现自己的身体逐渐出现了妊娠的征兆。文森特（文森特·林顿 Vincent Lindon 饰）是消防队的队长，早年间，他的儿子失踪了，这些年来，他一直都没有放弃过寻找儿子的下落。命运让艾莉克西亚和文森特相遇了，艾莉克西亚女扮男装，假装成为文森特的儿子，和文森特开始了住在同一屋檐下的生活。她一边要努力维系自己的谎言不被戳穿，一遍还要隐藏渐渐变形的身体。当然，纸是包不住火的，在长久的压抑之后，艾莉克西亚和文森特之间的关系也发生了微妙的变化。
