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索命倒数(港) / 倒数计死(台) / 死期倒计时 / 倒计时 / Count / 倒数 / Countdown / 카운트
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珍妮·艾加特, 布莱恩·马歇尔, Clare Sutcliffe, 西蒙·沃德, 伊丽莎白·莱尔, 乔丹·考维, 特丽莎·贝特曼, 彼得·费辛利, 迪伦·兰恩, 蒂琪娜·阿诺, 汤姆·赛格拉, 拉娜·麦基萨克, 安妮·文特斯, 马特·莱斯切尔, P·J·伯恩, 维勒特·罗德里格斯, 路易莎·阿伯内西, 查利·麦克德莫特, 乔尼·贝里曼, 康奈尔·亚当斯, 约翰·毕晓普, 艾伦·茨沃尔, 楚茨克·菲利波夫, 珍妮·爱丽丝·迈, 拉姆齐·菲利普, 布瑞特·伦茨勒, 坎迪·玛丽, 马里瑟拉·苏姆巴朵, 纳丹·穆尔, 安妮·麦卡锡, 克里斯蒂娜·帕斯西茨基, 布莱恩·特朗, 亚历山大·多米古兹, 丽莎·林克, 安德利娅·安德斯, 约翰·巴博拉, 赛米·汉拉, Adam Deacon, Jessica Barden, Sophie Stuckey, 陈善圭, 吴娜拉, 成侑彬, 郑在泳, 全度妍, 李璟荣, 郑满植, Adam, Deacon, Jessica, Barden, Sophie, Stuckey, 裴琉璃
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The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured t......
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.
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