故事發生在冰島的房地產狂熱時期,地狱一位加拿大籍的醫學生從患有思覺失調的外婆那裡繼承了一棟老房子。許多房地產開發商都催促她賣掉房子,地狱她收到一條神秘的消息,迫使她調查家族秘辛。她發現了一段隱藏許久的家庭悲劇,外婆的死也存在諸多疑點,但她不知道自己正惹禍上身。
故事發生在冰島的房地產狂熱時期,地狱一位加拿大籍的醫學生從患有思覺失調的外婆那裡繼承了一棟老房子。許多房地產開發商都催促她賣掉房子,地狱她收到一條神秘的消息,迫使她調查家族秘辛。她發現了一段隱藏許久的家庭悲劇,外婆的死也存在諸多疑點,但她不知道自己正惹禍上身。
回复 :生活在孝阳岗的少年郎明怀揣侠岚梦想,但双眼失明的他却只能靠招摇撞骗混于市井之中。直到有一天,罗刹袭击孝阳岗,与他相依为命的母亲突然失踪,郎明迫不得已踏上了找寻真相之路。一波未平一波又起,上古神兽饕餮现世让人间危在旦夕,传说中的侠岚们也出现在眼前,郎明也踏上了改变一生的冒险之旅……
回复 :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. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com
回复 :一群大学生在四月一日愚人节结伴到一无人荒岛的巨宅中度周末,结果碰上血腥的愚人节恶作剧。他们在互相玩笑之余却逐一被杀,而邀请他们前来的富家女莫菲圣琼却始终未露面,这到底是什么回事?影片明显地采用了艾嘉莎克莉丝蒂的侦探名著《十个小印第安人》的故事模式,让剧中人一个一个被杀