上世纪三十年代,孤国有一个神秘的龙关村隐藏在群山深处,孤国数百年来由龙氏一族独居,历代族长都恪守着一个祖传秘密,生不吐露,临死口传!一并相传的,还有一把能够打开生死之门的钥匙!而天下没有守得住的秘密,朝代兴替,传至民国,时逢中原大战,四方动乱,一个外姓人趁机钻进了龙关村,潜伏数载,终于摸清了龙氏家族的秘密。在妻子儿子被挟持的逼迫下,这个外姓人昧着良知将龙家机密泄漏出去,于是,一座被龙氏家族死守数百年、埋藏着前朝邪教至高权力、无尽财富的磐石毒墓随之浮出水面……
上世纪三十年代,孤国有一个神秘的龙关村隐藏在群山深处,孤国数百年来由龙氏一族独居,历代族长都恪守着一个祖传秘密,生不吐露,临死口传!一并相传的,还有一把能够打开生死之门的钥匙!而天下没有守得住的秘密,朝代兴替,传至民国,时逢中原大战,四方动乱,一个外姓人趁机钻进了龙关村,潜伏数载,终于摸清了龙氏家族的秘密。在妻子儿子被挟持的逼迫下,这个外姓人昧着良知将龙家机密泄漏出去,于是,一座被龙氏家族死守数百年、埋藏着前朝邪教至高权力、无尽财富的磐石毒墓随之浮出水面……
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 :A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his pyschopatic tendencies.
回复 :愤世嫉俗的年轻商人克劳迪欧(亚历山德罗·罗亚 饰)赶着要和客户进行重要会议,却受困在罗马办公室的电梯中,随即演变成一场不可收拾的梦魇。在电梯之外,某种致命病毒正在大肆扩散,受到传染者将变成极端狂暴的活死人。克劳迪欧必须千方百计想逃出电梯,然而,这部与世隔绝的电梯似乎已变成全市最安全的地方……