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.
又是一部风格盖过内容表达的作品。非常喜欢这位导演此前的《鬼魅浮生》，所以在将近结尾部分看到如出一辙的手法相当兴奋。对骑士精神的古典解读，也融入现代人的思维表达。表面上是拒绝类型化的寓言故事，但实则又无处不在套用冒险题材的悬疑惊悚情节，使叙事在古典与现代感之间摇摆不定，甚至有失衡偏差的惊险时刻。
是拍得挺美的。但是作为两段式电影，有点无聊
为美术和音效加一星
很老派的影像和处理方式，也很私人化的故事。但一定要拍出这个故事的心是电影最令人动容之处。
可能是对亚瑟王故事多少有点概念，所以对导演的各种隐喻和杂糅不反感，但是我也保不定如果是个其他故事我会不会还觉得这是个有趣的电影。镜头很漂亮。
降神格的高文的骑士精神寻回之旅，然后这是圣诞劝诫电影
6/10。将诺奖作家的骨灰带回故土，棺材当作牌桌、百姓吃瓜憋笑，像更私人的《杰出公民》。后半段黑白转彩色，皮兰德娄的遗作《钉子》，完成双重告别。一阵海风带走剩余的骨灰，真温柔。并不了解这对导演兄弟，所以无感弟弟与哥哥漫长的告别。
虽然因为不了解意大利战后的历史和文化所以有很多梗没懂，但是影片呈现的一切都太迷人了！所有画面构图都讲究得要命，转到彩色之后更有打通任督二脉的感觉，好多细节都好好笑，在Friedrichstadt-Palast的超级巨幕场看更是极致享受了！等到上映之后要二刷！
3.7分。
（7.9/10）【La Berlinale à Paris】《莱奥诺拉的告别》关于时间与死亡。人生前的意义是自己寻找的，死后的意义是他人赋予的。一个人的死亡，将成为他人的精神寄托。塔维亚尼将本片献给过世的兄弟，与片中的怀念和祭奠在戏外达成一致。
影片其实和《鬼魅浮生》在结构上有很相似的地方，只不过这一次导演没有像之前那么沉浸于自己的镜头本身，多少把重心放在了人物身上，看之前我都忘了具体演员表，所以熟人一个接一个地出现还是很让人惊喜的。
私人影像诗，无感，但导演都90多了，厉害。
开头慢了点，后面太怪诞趣味了，太有才了这个导演！有点被涂污的鸟那种感觉！堂吉诃德版本的黄粱一梦！
真的骑士精神。学Sir Gawain and the GreenKnight时很不喜欢Sir Gawain. 电影的结尾愿意多加一星。
听过 巨人穿行山岭的巨响
一出受难诗 故事没有问题 - 所谓若见诸相非相 即见如来；但前1/3我给零分 如果大卫洛维已经完全接棒了A24的空洞美学 我只好替他遗憾
绿色覆盖一切、孕育一切然后腐坏一切，我们的渺小注定我们人微言轻，但在成为尘埃前，还是可以选择勇气，选择接受真相，选择最后的斩首之邀。
大卫·洛维的新片，这次没有在美国现当代社会的语境中讲故事，而是换到了英国的古代传说中。或许，洛维更适合这种奇幻故事。
The first part in B/W could be seen as a journey to bid his brother a moving adieu by transporting the ashes of Pirandello, whose works have been adapted by the brothers, to his Sicilian homeland. Whereas the second part in color is quite confusing for us who have never read the story before. The shift from grey to color is poetic though
其中加入的歌谣和韵味都与原著优美的长诗体遥相呼应
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