Knife in the Water (1962)
Knife in the Water (1962)
A Film by Roman Polanski
BDRip | MKV | 720 x 532 | x264 @ 1621 Kbps | 94 min | 1,18 Gb
Audio: Polish AAC 1.0 @ 87 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Thriller
A Film by Roman Polanski
BDRip | MKV | 720 x 532 | x264 @ 1621 Kbps | 94 min | 1,18 Gb
Audio: Polish AAC 1.0 @ 87 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Drama, Thriller
While driving to sail with his wife Krystyna in his yacht, the arrogant and wealthy Andrzej "stumbles" with a drifter in front of his car hitchhiking on the lonely road. Andrzej gives a ride to the young man with despisal. When they reach the marina, Andrzej unexpectedly and without any reason invites the young man to sail with them, initiating a tense dispute of power with the youth, in a claustrophobic and erotic environment.
The first Polish film to be nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar, Roman Polanski's "Knife in the Water" is one of the most impressive director's debuts I've seen.
The story is simple. A wealthy couple on its way to spend a weekend on their yacht picks up a young and attractive hitchhiker. The middle-aged husband, a successful and cynical sportswriter invites the young man on board, perhaps to show off his nice yacht, his seamanship, and eventually, his superiority. His young and sexy wife does not say much but as the yacht moves along and tension between two men rises, she seems to enjoy the presence of a passenger and the obvious competition between them for her attention.
Made of the very simple material, the film is a brilliant psychological thriller that shows the young writer-director's extraordinary ability to create menace on the screen throughout the profound study of the characters' deep hidden emotions. Not as widely known as "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby", "Knife in the Water" is the perfect introduction to the work of the director whose craft in creating disturbing studies of anger, humiliation, fear, and sexuality is truly remarkable.
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Knife in the Water (1962)
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