《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 st ory appears s imple on the surface, but is revealed, es pecial ly after multiple vie wings, as m ore multi- layered and text ured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it conc erns a 14-year old Cat holic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this p ost-mo dern wasteland, who d evelops a crush on her much older adopt ive brother (Marshall)- a cru sh which per versely d eepens and grows in to infatuati on once she starts to believe he is the loca l sex kill er. This is in itsel f an id ea that makes you sit up a nd jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in seve ral confu sing and fas cina ting directions: the fa mily';s history, (de tailed effectiv ely in chilling flashback during an im provised sea nce) is a chequere d one , and has suffe red at least one m ajor reloca tion and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's t he depiction of social al changes that make I Start Counting so fasc inating and el evate it s languag e far bey ond the confines of the standar d horror film. The major subtext- that teenage g irls were maturi ng more quickly than before, and developi ng full sexual and roman tic appetit es (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not po ssessed of enough discr etion to make the right choic es- was a step forward for a genre in w hich its young females ha d previously been portraye d as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Kill er and Th e Night Call er spring to mind) , but not on e that a ll view ers woul d necessarily agree wit h. But most stri king of all , and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take aw ay with them, is of the masterful symbolism with wh ich d irector Gr eene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch fam ily's wo rld- their h ouse, thei r walls, their TV, Agutters un derwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe';s clothes, Marshalls van , th e local Ca thol ic church, t heir town centre, their record s hop) - is painte d a bright, scintillating white- a white whic h, by inference, is sl owly b ecomin g smudged and cor rupted with the d irt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, pur ity and innocenc e (two quali ties Catholic scho olgi rls a re supposed t o hold dea r), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever- present red bus (a symbol of violat ion and penet ration), conducted b y the leche rous yet similarly juvenil e Simo n Wa rd, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutt er believes sh e sees t he Christ fig ure in church weeping blood: by the t ime we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has alread y been pla nted. Ra rely in a genre produ ction ha s the u se of colour and background been so importa nt or effe ctive in creating a un iformity of mood. I Start Co unting 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 essentia l. by D.R. SHIMON@lounge .moviecodec. com 好半晌，他才放下玉简抬头看向陆灵 蹊，“有这事。”他站起来，走向另一边的玉架， 从上面拿了一枚蓝玉制成的玉佩，“当初主人觉得，佐 蒙人不会放 过天渊七界飞升的一切生灵，但是人族 寿元就那么多，人心复杂，他没办法因势力导，但是妖族却可以。”
