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.
2.电影表现手法上，我认为大体上依然延续着影戏传统，情节一波三折，具有戏剧性和传奇性，那么它的当代价值便主要体现在意识形态方面的讲述和改写。另外，本片是为数不多的女导演王苹之作，我们也能从影片细节中感受到特别的细腻和温柔。
最后七连只剩一个兵的时候，眼泪还是情不自禁得下来了。落后就要受欺负永远没错。
孙道临演得真好，现在有些小鲜肉的演技连那些老演员的脚趾头都比不上。
结尾与长津湖开头前后呼应，大泪点！
两颗星全部给抗美援朝的战士们，雪是冷的，而血是热的，电影拍的真差…剧本生硬，台词尴尬，只有燃烧的经费，但是那个咬着女儿照片的军人还是很让我难过
中国式叙事的特征，精彩的戏剧冲突和日常生活过场的结合。我似乎明白为什么很多老编剧写得那么流水账了。
最后一分钟“营救”电台版，除了节奏现在感受太慢，情感烘托还是很浓的。
一个明显的例子是，导演王苹通过几组很巧妙的镜头切换，让纯粹的镜头更像是有意识的镜头语言。比如何兰芬搓洗衣服，搓衣板上从没泡沫变成有泡沫，当镜头再度切到何兰芬身上，她的发式和衣着都有了变化，原来这中间已经隔了不少时日。
——柳妮娜质疑姚苇用李侠的那场戏，太舞台了！倘若加锣鼓点简直是完美！
广州大剧院放映场，这样一部 1958 年的老革命电影和多少年后前来回味的大爷大妈一同观看别有一番景象。郭富城、赵丽颖主演的《密战》可能就是翻拍自该片吧。结构完整，主旨鲜明。相较于电影本身，开场前主持人的背景知识介绍更为引人入胜。电影以真实事件为基础，当事人参与了不少拍摄工作，却拒绝一切署名权益，包括婉拒顾问头衔。可以说与影片的革命牺牲精神交相辉映。然而元老李锐先生生前对女儿的一席话又将历史拉回现实。
Barren life gives birth to firm faith.
看到国庆期间电影院要重新着色彩色版，想起之前一直想看歌舞剧，就看了黑白电影。李侠和兰芬的革命情谊令人动容，最可敬的是他们的坚定信仰与忠诚，为了革命胜利一直居无定所举家搬迁，在国民党严刑逼供下也保守秘密，接到重大任务后在国民党注视下义无反顾的发报并向战友永别。要好好珍惜当下的幸福生活。
“他点划清楚，清澈的像一汪清水”
几十年前的黑白胶片被数字技术上色，一如拿着放大镜回看着当年的历史。样板戏般的字正腔圆，唱念做打都像是在戏里。延安、重庆、南京、武汉、上海，这些城市里延宕着革命的余韵。至于电影本身，以今日之视野去看陈年之物件，难免菲薄一些：精神的圭臬，时代的口号，不必细细品味的一碗忆苦思甜碴子粥。
用美国的软件AI色彩修复一弄，就能吹什么国产自主修复，大国工匠云云，真不戳
但对4K彩色修复很失望，虽然是一次尝试，但效果不理想，而且感觉制作态度有问题。一是颜色不真实，近似于黑白胶片上色的效果，不是真实世界和电影的色彩。二是色彩前后不统一，两人的结婚照多次出现，时而是黑白的，时而是彩色的，时而男主是黑白女主是彩色，时而男主是彩色女主是黑白。就一个照片不能前后统一吗？出品方到底有没有完整看过全片？三是上色不完整，前半部分还好，后面有很多场景中只给人物上色，背景维持黑白，很割裂。特别是向女特务汇报李侠再度出现的一幕，占画面大部分的房屋都是黑白的，只有人物和草坪有颜色，就很奇怪。不知道是不是最后着急赶工，导致质量下降。
首部黑白转彩色4k修复的故事片，大银幕观看加分不少，虽然电影手法跟表演方式会过时，但是革命先烈的故事与精神是不朽的，孙道临演绎了什么是正气长存，大义凛然，最后一封电报发出了，李侠的精神却永存于电波中。“同志们，永别了，我想你们”7.3
比想象中好看不少，除了被剧作、真挚而伟大的革命爱情和无畏的献身精神感动之外，还有一个原因就是它很像一部电影。我的意思是，在那个让电影承载了沉重而庄严的意识形态，更像是一个政治宣传品的年代，让一部电影很像一部电影，是非常不容易的。
抗战期间电报里有时间祝身体健康第一次听说。
最开始知道孙道临是因为他的朗诵十分厉害，之前更多的也是关注于他的声音和语言艺术。实在没想到，原来他演戏也挺好，这颜值，真的是高啊
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