一个30岁的男人前往一座偏远的小屋,樱花与疏远的父亲重新建立联系。
一个30岁的男人前往一座偏远的小屋,樱花与疏远的父亲重新建立联系。
回复 :一幢相传多年鬼楼,频频出现闹鬼事件,有人发起一个“鬼楼探秘”的征集令,网络女作家夏立冬(林心如 饰)也加入了此次行动,和探秘发起人孙大圣(苗皓钧 饰)等人一起探寻鬼楼之鬼的真面目。一夜过去,一行人的经历虽然惊奇,但依然没有见到鬼,于是相约再来探寻。夏立冬的情人、有妇之夫梁浩男(陈司翰 饰)在得知夏立冬参加鬼楼行动之后,意外地表示支持,并将夏立冬送到了鬼楼。因为迟于约定时间赶到,不明情况的夏立冬只身进入了鬼楼。恐怖的景象接二连三地发生,夏立冬以为自己所经历的就是鬼楼的真相。当她准备将这一切公之于众时,却不知自己已被卷入一场巨大的阴谋漩涡,最为恐怖的鬼楼之鬼也远非如她所见……
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 :욕망은 인간을 다른 존재로 만든다타인의 죽음과 등가교환을 한 성공, 당신의 선택은소설에 나오는 살인게임 모티브로 저명한 심리학 교수가 살해당한 사건이 생겼다.하지만 한 젊은 작가 한준은 눈앞의 성공을 위해 살인범을 은폐시키고 만다이로 인해 소설의 원작자인 한준은 모방 범죄로 인해 미디어와 여론에 휩쓸려 인기를 얻게 되고 갑작스러운 성공으로 인생이 뒤바뀌게 된다.한 달 뒤 한준에게 의문의 여인이 살해당한 사진과 함께 한준의 비밀을 알고 있다는 뉘앙스의 협박편지가 택배로 오게 되며, 이에 갈등에 빠진 한준은 그의 성공의 조력자인 젊은 여기자 정현과 함께 범인 추적 가운데서 사진 속 여인을 만나게 되는데...