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Knife in the Water

Nóz W. Wodzie (Knife in the Water)

1962

Roman Polanski

Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz

7.0

5,077

Drama An attractive young woman, Christine, takes the wheel of a car belonging to her partner Andrzej, a sports columnist. While he criticizes her driving skills, a reckless student leaps out in front of the car. Andrzej gives the student a ride and invites him to accompany them on their yacht trip. Attracted to Christine, the student becomes increasingly clumsy. He spends his time jabbing the point of a pocket knife rapidly between the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	Polanski's first feature, a model of economic, imaginative film-making which, in many ways, he has hardly improved upon since.	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Polanski arrived on the scene with an almost super-human knack for tension; one of the great directorial debuts in cinema's history."	POS
United States	Douglas Pratt The Hollywood Reporter	"'Knife in the Water' has one of those simple, clearly expressed narratives that grabs you and holds you even though not much goes on"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It eminently justifies the interest in its acid contents and in the techniques of its young director that it stirred."	POS
United Kingdom	Andy Jacobs BBC	"Not easily accessible, but a film whose scenes and themes stick with you."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Middle-aged cocksureness, arrogance and incomprehension versus teenage revolt, with a young woman as a sort of arbiter, is the theme of this lively and inventive little pic."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"An example of how a superlative director makes a film from the simplest materials. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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