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.
字面意义上中规中矩密闭空间电影，反转悬念点到为止，结局推进过快为了抖包袱其实有点崩了，好在细节跟得上。喜欢那个“你枪里没子弹”的妙笔，可能是整部电影的缩影。
剧本杀电影不只靠剧本，还要靠演技，马克里朗斯成功展现了一个复杂角色的多层次，隐藏在最深处的恨意被层层包裹再随着剧情层层剥开，充分满足了类型的爽感和反转的可信度，国内改编成啥样我都快能猜出来了
拍得比较精致、巧妙的低成本犯罪片，主要考验编剧的技巧和主演的把控能力。故事在单一空间展开，基本是一种话剧形式，摄影虽然用心，但运镜单一，主要是中近景切换。男主的表演很稳，女主戏不多，但有味道，似曾相识。
我们是逗人笑的，不是被人笑的！（北野武你选了这么帅的人演自己……是不是有点为老不尊了）本月最佳候选
不要让人笑，要逗人笑，师徒的传承。无论是什么样的情感，只要真挚真诚就足以打动人心。你可能不会喜欢粗鲁，下流，没礼貌的人。但你会喜欢北野武。
the one too many twist type
精巧舞台风。剪裁得体，严丝合缝，不过也就挣个面子。
总的来说，可以看，但不值得吹。
“I am a cutter.”
人畜无害的老裁剪师布了一个局，让两个黑帮之间互相残杀，最后挥一挥衣袖深藏功与名。节奏稍慢，最后的反转也有点牵强，不过电影最有意思的是整个过程都发生在同一个场所里，还是非常考验导演功力的，也非常适合翻拍
追看性和製作都不差，就是單一空間的玩法，劇情總是有些強扭的刻意感
封闭空间下的小成本悬疑剧，《套装》凭借张力十足的故事，悬念迭出的结构，演绎出了一场让人酣畅淋漓的江湖风云。未看电影前，我很难想象一场你方唱罢我登场的帮派之争居然能在一间裁缝铺里展开，而更为难得的是电影仅依靠人物间的台词对话，便向观众传递了充沛的剧情信息，并让人沉浸式的融入到了这场螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后的尔虞我诈里。
看完后查了才知道居然是北野武的传记片，一开始出场的人如此像北野武我还很奇怪呢，原来是有本人参与，难怪故事的细节上如此丰富。
第一次get到马克·里朗斯出神入化的演技。除此之外，剧情啊就真的非常一般。
特意挑了一天工休，认真下载了电影，投在电视机屏幕，醉醺醺看到最后跟着真北野武进剧场的时候，才发现电影竟然已经结束了，因为叙述仿佛才刚刚开始的样子，整个故事带着前两年看红白歌会北野武上台唱浅草小子的余温看的，所以自然会加分，但其实整体剧情排布不均匀，头重脚轻，另外不知道是为了深入这个形象的原因，影帝演的北野武在这个阶段就已经开始中风的脸抽抽，总觉得有点违和，这个时候不应该是真正的浅草小子嘛，不过值得一体的是那段脱衣舞女演唱会确实是古早浪漫
人畜无害的老裁剪师布了一个局，让两个黑帮之间互相残杀，最后挥一挥衣袖深藏功与名。节奏稍慢，最后的反转也有点牵强，不过电影最有意思的是整个过程都发生在同一个场所里，还是非常考验导演功力的，也非常适合翻拍
嗯 觉得男主的表演有些让人出戏 虽然我也知道北野武因受伤导致面瘫 还会间歇性眨眼 这是对人物的还原 但和女生第一次在舞台遇见的那场戏（那时候北野武还没受伤）表演实在有些奇怪…
一直看到临近结尾阿武和师父从酒馆里走出来，送阿武上车时跟他说如果车费有剩余记得拿回来给我的那一幕才彻底明白了阿武在师父心里的份量，也确实没想到这竟然说师徒此生最后的缘份。
所有的场景转换都在一个裁缝店里完成，男主最后一个眼神转换有惊到我…但总体有点隔靴搔痒的感觉
去了东京很多次，次次都喜欢在浅草徘徊。因为疫情旅行都停滞了，看完仿佛重游浅草。
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