《倒計時》是由知名导演大衛·格瑞尼 执导的一部劇情片，珍妮·艾加特 布萊恩·馬歇爾 Clare Sutc 等倾情出演，该片讲述了：The stor y appears simple on the surface, but is re veale d, esp ecially af ter multiple v iewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his bes t. Ostensibly it c oncerns a 14-year old Catholic gi rl, Wynne (A gutter) gr owing up in this post-mod ern was teland, who develops a crush on her much old er adop tive broth er (Marshall)- a crush which perversel y deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to beli eve he is the local sex k iller. This is in itself an idea that ma kes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not neces sarily alon g a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's hist ory, (detailed effe ctively in chilling flashback dur ing an improvised s eance) is a ch equered one, and has suffered at least one majo r relocation and uphe aval in the last ten years. At the cr ux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I S tart Coun ting so f ascina ting and eleva te its language far bey ond the confines of t he st andard horror film. The ma jor subtext - that tee nage girls were maturing m ore quic kly than before, a nd developing fu ll sexua l and romantic appetites (even if in thought rathe r than deed) but were not possess ed of enough discretion to make the right c hoice s- w as a step forward for a genre in whi ch its young females had pr evious ly been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and T he Nig ht Cal ler spr ing to mind), but not one that all viewers wo uld necessarily agre e with. But most striking of all, and poss ibly the most e nduring image which the viewer will t ake away wit h them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests eve ry shot. Every inch of the K inch family's wo rld- their hou se, their walls , the ir TV, Agut ters underwear, bedroom furniture an d toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Mar shalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre , their reco rd s hop) - is painted a bri ght, scintillating white- a wh ite wh ich, by inference, is slowly becoming sm udged and co rrupt ed with th e dirt of the out side world. White also symbo lises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Ca tholic schoolgirls are suppo sed to hold dear), and it is into this wo rld of innocence that t he ever-present red bus (a symbo l of violation and penetrat ion) , conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juv enile Simon Ward, makes r egula r journeys. The allego ry is furt her expanded in on e scene where Agutter belie ves she sees th e Chri st fi gure in chur ch wee ping blood: by the time we acknowl edge it, it s gone, but the seed has alrea dy been plan ted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and back ground been so important or effec tive in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as nea r-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be maki ng now- which is, of cours e, exact ly why th ey never wi ll. A ge nre essential. by D.R. SHIMON@lounge.moviecodec.com 说到这里， 她把她在幽古战场 好不容易拍来的宝物拿出，“师父，这是我们在大拍 卖会上拍到的春月莲子， 一共有四十九枚，听云天海阁的朋友说，他们的宗主，以前就 服用过不少春月莲子，您试试看，有没有用，如果有用，我们以后多替您留意着。”
