1962 · thriller · drama
Knife in the Water
Directed by Roman Polanski1h 34m1962
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
Our read: Knife in the Water (1962) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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