聽呀……聽見了就會死去呀……1972年的偏遠村莊，辣手一名少女夜裡聽見疑似「聽呀」的怪聲後，辣手短短幾天內便離奇身亡......。少女慘死的消息很快在小村莊傳開，得知消息的大哥Yak（納得克庫吉米亞 飾）決定從軍營返家照顧全家人。某日，小妹Yam（拉塔娃蒂婉通 飾）放學時遇到一名樣貌詭異的黑衣女子後，乖巧的她突然性情大變，有時異常暴力，有時無故瘋狂尖叫，午夜夢迴時，甚至會中邪般重複唸著令人毛骨悚然的「聽呀…聽呀…」，詭譎「陰聲」逐漸蔓延到這個家中…….
朴正炫
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
超载
回复 :脑中的幻想角色来到真实世界，会发生怎样的故事？一名小女孩发现自己拥有奇异能力，竟能看到别人幻想出来的“友友”。而“友友”们也遭遇了生存难题：随着想象出他们的孩子已经长大，“友友”们逐渐被人遗忘，需要新的孩子们救赎，一场全新的冒险也就此开启。
玛蒂娜麦克布莱德
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