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.
4.5 Surgery is the new sex. 《Crash》。（我有同款nikon超八16mm胶片摄像机）
对80年代作品如Videorome的回归，献身于进化，献身于New Flesh。Saul Tenser此时更像一位圣人。
在这样一个老人眼中
其实这个设定有一点无聊，但柯南伯格的镜头真的好看
柯南伯格创造了一个具有全新概念的世界，身体由人类掌控，器官成为艺术，血腥艺术，手术即是性交，大量全新的概念涌入倒是创造了不小的观影压力，但是不得不说全程看下来竟然觉得蛮有意思的。斯图尔特和维果那段对话看得我真难受啊，一个口里卡着痰，一个说话喘大气…（借用柯南伯格那时对《潘神的迷宫》的吉尔莫德尔托罗说的话：“拍的很棒，但是金棕榈就别想了”）
这玩意太不好结合了。不过思路到是新颖。新长出来的器官，不整个名副其实的夫妻肺片么
其实我更希望有更多纯粹的恐怖片、惊悚片、科幻片……而不是让这些杂糅在一起，什么也不是，观众看了也不爽。两根鸡肋换不来一根鸡腿。
在一位艺术家眼中
我倒觉得是柯南堡作品集非常容易接受的一部了，表达也相对清晰。像是银翼杀手和Videodrome 杂糅在一起的反乌托邦作品，维果的造型都很像老银翼里的银发Roy。感叹一句蕾老师的肉体可真是天赐的鬼斧神工，以及斯图尔特就真只演了个小角色，期待中的对手戏也并不多，大概也是柯南堡迷妹吧…… 还算好看，但不如Crash
除了椅子太搞乐之外 整个就是medieval hypermodern cyborg sex cult 开头我还觉得巴塔耶 最后已经飞了了 全是私货
太未来了
被强迫着按一定的速度和时长看装置展览，很痛苦
visually irresistible 关于艺术家创作的思考很好，关于技术主义的探讨仅是蜻蜓点水
们逐渐失掉各种可能性，刺瓣的是一个被塑造
从诗句中挖掘意蕴类比成从身体中开掘出内涵，属于典型的指物错乱，当然如果非要强行比较，身体和自然存在器官的自然美只是个框架，而展现人体内在行为艺术和自走型“塑料废物处理鸡”在柯南堡视域下都是艺术美，因为有理念加持，但也会因为被动过手脚的“物”，导致最终指向这个新新人类时，理念彻底崩溃，毕竟黑格尔的自然美与艺术美关系，并不是个走哪哪牛逼的自动机，绝望的结尾即悲悯又美且引人深思，三者不分彼此，不要作任何 价值排序 的忠告回响不绝，柯南堡用心良苦啊！
的，因此这种学说必然会把社会分成两部分。
非常无聊。故事情节很分散割裂。整个片子像80年代的科幻片。里面的器具都很粗糙。不知道小K在里面是什么作用？一个完全没有意义的角色。因为咖位大点就在海报上占一个位置？感觉海报比电影成功。如我所想，大众觉得难看的，豆瓣上的人就会给高分。
概念很新奇，设定也很有趣，但故事本身乏善可陈，惺惺作态，实在大失所望…
跟柯南伯格上世纪那一系列表现身体乃止精神异化的惊悚片相比还是有较大的差距，跟电影讨论的身体内外一样，就电影来说，电影的内在并没有像录影带谋杀案和变蝇人那样脊背发凉的感觉，外在方面也没有什么毛骨悚然的吓人场面，所以还是中规中矩
boring and pretentious
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