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.
最后下棋的两个场景互相切换真是高级。
不是啊，这年轻时有才华有啥用，老了就是个烂人，赌鬼，酒鬼，而且最后算是跟着北川演的女演员死的，淑子也太可怜了吧。说是松竹纪念电影，也没看出什么名堂来，最后尴尬的穿插一些疫情的元素，也起不到共鸣的效果
普普通通甚至有点无聊，suda演技也没发挥出来，去外国拍戏吧
山田洋次对清水宏和小津的致敬。
先不管老流氓咋来的了，看电影看到死，还是被原节子带走，感谢电影之神照顾此生啊
2021北影节的第5场。看得最投入的一部。像天堂电影院，是拍给喜欢电影的人的。每一帧都很普通，连起来确很动人，就像里面住了神（大意）——确实如此啊～影片最后加入了疫情，私人影院要关门，更是让还得戴着口罩看的观众直接共情。里面两个女孩子都好漂亮，原子演黑白片女明星，非常让人信服，
每个人走出的每一步都在选择自己人生，无论做出何种选择一定会有后悔和遗憾之处。总觉得这部电影似乎是淑子的生命故事，无论是追随、等待、或是成全都是淑子一个人的选择，从始至终都与男主无关……
日式神经质真的好好笑，温情的部分也做得很工整和老练，看多了文艺片再看这种喜剧已然是一种治愈... 闪回有一点凌乱，但两个时期对比着看确实有点唏嘘的效果。结尾恍惚间看到了《大鱼》的影子，在对美好往事的追忆中死去大概没有痛苦吧。
《电影之神》
看了半天，也想不起来茨威格怎么写的？女主人设难不成是美女？怎么找个老太太。弃了。
故事只能算是山田的平庸之作，不过作为松竹百年献映的命题之作，《电影之神》非常难得，全片处处可见致敬和缅怀。电影之神是什么？是蕴藏在内心的情怀以及落寞中对电影的执著之爱。
怎么说，没有认认真真去看.边工作时边看的，是冲着野田跟菅田将晖看的.以为是将关于毕生为了电影而执着的故事，没有看完，但似乎是讲爱情的.主要的还是老年的泽田.可能不太专注，所以并没感动到我.不知道要不要再看.看的时候就记住了一段野田扮演的寺新的一段台词：“将来想成为电影影评家，或者就是寻很多钱，将来在东京郊区开一家电影院.”最后也实现了.年轻时我们会选择那个意气风发为了梦想不羁的人.为梦想拼搏的样子是真好啊.但最后踏踏实实一步一步完成自己梦想的人，更有魅力，不是吗？
既有对电影的感情，也有人生五味杂陈，因身边有相信的人最终绽放与释怀的温情。
山田洋次导演的电影总是让我觉得，啊，这样啊………
永野芽郁就值五星，谁不喜欢这样小鹿一样的赤诚少女呢！但这男主就不是东西，这样的家庭观也不是个东西。虽说如何选择后悔，就是人生，但年轻妹子还是不要轻易被年轻浪子的所谓才气蒙蔽了双眼。对疫情下戏院与电影产业的几笔带过，也算是松竹100年的时代缩影了吧。电影之神啊请保佑他们（和电影院里的我们）吧！
なんだ、家族の話か、結局想像より泣いちゃった。菅田さんの演技力全然出てこない映画だと思う。
不觉得这个电影是个悲剧吗？ 非常流畅，尤其前半部分，看过山田洋次几部作品，都感觉前面比较好，后面有点拉。有同感的吗？山田的台词节奏真是舒服。
松竹百年，清水、小津、原节子悉数“出场”。Goh对两位老师的批评，何尝不是新浪潮一代的心声，大概山田洋次还是站在小津一边的吧。
山田洋次对清水宏和小津的致敬。
关注疫情，老龄化社会。经典庶民视角。对日本电影史的致敬。老爷爷和老奶奶年轻的故事很不错，但整体情节总感觉有些许的不协调。但是，在当下能看到这样的电影还是会感动。电影的探讨较少，而终归是关注于人。
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