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.
这个惊人的故事还有更惊人的后半部分。孙道临的原型是李白，李白的永不消逝的电波是发给上级潘汉年的，潘49年任上海常务副市长（市长陈毅），1955年夫妻双双被诬陷为叛徒被捕，判处无期徒刑，直至1977年死在劳改农场，关押22年。妻子董慧，香港道亨银行董事长的女儿，1979年也死在同一个劳改农场，关押24年。1982年，平反。
50年代的反特片就拍到这种水平实在不容易。虽然人物和故事情节扁平化，意识形态渗透太明显，但演员镜头感真的可圈可点，小时候看过妈妈小时候看过的小人书，就已经印象深刻了呢。
中国电影资料馆修复版本+影史导映
大男主戏。如果说李侠是以肉体上的牺牲成就其英雄之地位，则兰芬是以其精神上的退场和牺牲成就李侠之英雄地位。“领导-下属”关系自然对接入“夫妻”关系，并在结尾可看出前者优先级始终高于后者。无恋而婚，无性而育的模式代表彼时电影拍摄的语法一种，英雄李侠在“好人坏人故事”的价值体系中黑白分明，有侠骨而无柔肠，是高大全英雄时代的典型形象。20211012，荔湾新影汇。
孙道临的李侠那是经典，小时候的最爱之一。那时候人物都是高大上的，没办法！
孙道临真的帅 剧作上感觉太过于省略 有些需要铺垫的东西被省略了 整体感觉没出来
尽管那个年代宣传用途的电影说教意味从来都比较重并没有什么意料之外的东西，但这个4K修复加上色的质量还是值得去电影院感受一下。
取材于真实故事，没有枪林弹雨照样是血雨腥风的战场，向那些隐姓埋名做地下工作的烈士们致敬。
比较混乱，很多地方交代不清楚，莫名其妙，到最后也不知道桥到底在哪
六十年前，这绝对是能影响全国的属于全民记忆的电影了。
勉强及格。很难说哪里优异，也很难说哪里差。中规中矩的战斗，中规中矩的叙事，中规中矩的结局，中规中矩的煽情……一切都是这么中规中矩。志愿军战士nb，但电影也就那样。
一辆破车都能开上山顶，美军的装备却只能过那个破桥。
剧情几度起伏波折。有几处衔接还不算尽善尽美，但无损于我对李侠的喜爱。有智慧，有勇气，坚定信仰，数番化险为夷。最后的告别越从容，越令人动容
——向尊重历史的上色师、修复师傅们，致敬！
4k黑白转彩色修复版。首部大荧幕观看的国产老片，故事丰满，情节紧凑，演员表演和情绪渲染都很到位，无论是在放在当时还是现今重温都当属一部佳片。
“他点划清楚，清澈的像一汪清水”
“同志们，永别了，我想念你们”向牺牲在共和国成立前夜的烈士致敬
久仰大名，最近一个影展才去看了。中宣还是有东西的！男女主都很合适，奸角里女配丰腴魅惑八面玲珑，男配被软硬兼施打垮背叛革命转头就耀武扬威的形象也挺生动。故事线上这种陌路男女兼革命同志同居的形式也太……超前了吧？不愧是《潜伏》遥远的先驱。（潜伏好就好在对反面势力人物形象的立体塑造了。）转场拍到延安时还有几个摇镜头大全景，想想拍摄的年代和条件，有点迷之感动。最后呐喊一句：孙道临真的帅，跨越时空的美男子啊。
尽管那个年代宣传用途的电影说教意味从来都比较重并没有什么意料之外的东西，但这个4K修复加上色的质量还是值得去电影院感受一下。
比一般革命题材的人物塑造细腻，隐秘战线发报员的物质场景再现有历史意义，节奏尚可，人物关系可看出之后的【潜伏】对其的参照和发挥。
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