Knife in the Water (1962)
(Noz w wodzie)
Country: POL
Technical: bw 94m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
Synopsis:
A couple on their way to do a spot of sailing pick up a hitchhiker and invite him on board, but before long tensions and rivalry between the men threaten to erupt into violence.
Review:
Polanski's first feature is of course more than just a thriller along the lines of the later Dead Calm. The lines are drawn here for the alienation and gratuitous cruelty that marked many of his depictions, particularly of male/female relations, the sense that you can never truly know anyone and their motives. The intruder here succeeds in irreparably picking apart the couple's loyalty to one another. The film also works on the level of a piece of conceptual art, a given motif repeatedly played out against an unchanging background.
(Noz w wodzie)
Country: POL
Technical: bw 94m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
Synopsis:
A couple on their way to do a spot of sailing pick up a hitchhiker and invite him on board, but before long tensions and rivalry between the men threaten to erupt into violence.
Review:
Polanski's first feature is of course more than just a thriller along the lines of the later Dead Calm. The lines are drawn here for the alienation and gratuitous cruelty that marked many of his depictions, particularly of male/female relations, the sense that you can never truly know anyone and their motives. The intruder here succeeds in irreparably picking apart the couple's loyalty to one another. The film also works on the level of a piece of conceptual art, a given motif repeatedly played out against an unchanging background.
(Noz w wodzie)
Country: POL
Technical: bw 94m
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
Synopsis:
A couple on their way to do a spot of sailing pick up a hitchhiker and invite him on board, but before long tensions and rivalry between the men threaten to erupt into violence.
Review:
Polanski's first feature is of course more than just a thriller along the lines of the later Dead Calm. The lines are drawn here for the alienation and gratuitous cruelty that marked many of his depictions, particularly of male/female relations, the sense that you can never truly know anyone and their motives. The intruder here succeeds in irreparably picking apart the couple's loyalty to one another. The film also works on the level of a piece of conceptual art, a given motif repeatedly played out against an unchanging background.