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	Knife in the Water (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knife in the Water is a 1962 film directed by Roman Polanski.
		The much insinuated class struggle in the film was incorporated due to the pressure exerted by the then communist rule of Poland.
		Shot in 1962 with a fairly amateur cast of only three following a series of highly acclaimed shorts, Knife in the Water is still contemporary with its detailed character analyses, cold psychological tension and high contrast fl and white images.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knife_in_the_Water_(film) (274 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Knife in the Water Review
		Knife in the Water is a pretty amazing visual experience, and its original 1.33:1 presentation here is nicely restored and wonderfully cleaned-up.
		But this is how the film sounded when it first appeared on the scene, so while more could have been done with it, to say the least, it sounds the way it is supposed to sound.
		None of these short works rival Knife in the Water or some of the master's later works in terms of piquant, decisive genius, but they provide a marvelous look back at a career that is still going strong 40-odd years later.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_11/knifewater.html (1098 words)

	Knife in the Water: Displaying Cultural Symbolism
		Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water debuted in 1962, starring Leon Niemczyk as Andrzej, Jolanta Umecka as Krystyna, and Zygmunt Malanoqicz as the young hitchhiker.
		Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water is a culturally symbolic film displaying parallels between male/male competition and communism, sexual frustration and the Cold War, and the solemnest of the boat and the separation by political beliefs.
		Knife in the Water is a symbolic film; male versus male competition are directly related to the communistic controversy.
	www.unc.edu /~kvfuller/U3_Knife_in_the_Water.htm (1720 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Knife in the Water - Criterion Collection
		The film was originally conceived by Polanski to be about a husband, a wife and a stranger on a sailboat for three days but with the help of Jerzy Skolimowsky it was condensed into a 24-hour period, with little dialogue helping to give the film a more forceful and to-the-point conflict between the three characters.
		One significant characteristic of the film is the dichotomy of its construction.
		Knife in the Water is such a good film that any other film (such as Dead Calm or Kaaterskill Falls) that comes anywhere within the vicinity of the story will be compared poorly to it.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=7768 (1298 words)

	Knife in the Water celebrates its 7th year - The Daily Texan - Entertainment
		Knife in the Water is celebrating its seventh anniversary tonight at Hole in the Wall.
		Knife in the Water has done one European tour and four tours in the United States.
		Knife in the Water is performing an acoustic set at 9 p.m., which includes new songs, and an electric set later in the evening following a performance by Fragile Gang from El Paso.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2004/08/12/Entertainment/Knife.In.The.Water.Celebrates.Its.7th.Year-702199.shtml (705 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Knife in the Water
		Knife in the Water was the proverbial home run with the bases loaded.
		Criterion's DVD of Knife in the Water is dazzlingly clean but retains its contrast of sombre grays when the sky is overcast, and bright clarity in the afternoon sunshine.
		His score for Knife in the Water is cool jazz, but When Angels Fall has an icy creepiness that seems a dry run for the fantastic excesses of The Fearless Vampire Killers, his masterpiece.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s947knife.html (1809 words)

	Encyclopedia: Knife in the Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Knife in the Water, the film directed by Roman Polanski
		Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general.
		Knife in the Water is a band from Austin, Texas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Knife-in-the-Water (257 words)

	Film review: Knife in the Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Both films also reveal themes that Polanski was to return to time and again throughout his work — man's claustrophobic confinement and helplessness in a darkly pessimistic, unredeeming world.
		At films end we (as an audience) are aware that the young man is safe (having just witnessed his leaving the boat after making love to Krystyna) but the mental games begin again between Andrzej and his wife, once inside the car, as they sit (physically and figuratively) at a crossroads.
		Knife in the Water was criticized by the Polish government upon its initial release, the main objection being that it was an unflattering portrait of Poles and had no social relevance.
	www.filmint.nu /netonly/eng/filmreviewknife.htm (1488 words)

	Knife in the Water - Criterion Collection Store Buy Sell knifes in thes waters criterion collection Shopping knife in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		But on the water the two men, separated by age, class, and experience, subtly and not-so-subtly jockey for status and fight for the attentions of the woman--a struggle that threatens to turn fatal.
		Knife in the Water (1962) - Roman Polanski
		Since the entire film hangs on their decision to sail, all three on a sloop, everything that follows is IMO tainted by lack of a plausible explanation.
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	EUFS: Knife in the Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A married couple (Jolanta Umecka and Leon Niemczyk) are spending a holiday weekend on a yacht and invite a handsome young hitchhiker (Zygmunt Malanowica) to come with them on their excursion.
		Paranoia, intrusion, isolation and salacious men are targets for Polanski's sharp, dark wit and Knife in the Water has no shortage (it also has an amusing inflatable crocodile).
		Knife in the Water is lighter than the deeply disturbing Repulsion and more accessible than the deeply weird Cul-de-Sac; it is probably the most enjoyable of Polanski's brilliant early films and shouldn't be missed.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/knife_in_the_water.html (185 words)

	Knife in the Water Movie: Knife in the Water DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		KNIFE IN THE WATER was filmed in the director's native Poland and financed through government subsidies.
		KNIFE IN THE WATER won the International Critics Award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.
		Niemczyk is the only professional among the film’s three actors; the other two are a music and an acting student, respectively, cast for their physical appearance.
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	DVD Verdict Review - Knife In The Water: Criterion Collection
		If Knife in the Water is indeed a creepy, suspenseful love/hate/horror triangle between disaffected marrieds and an ingenious, insane interloper, the reason for its success as such is purely cinematic craft.
		Indeed, a boat is merely a knife in the water, cutting a swath along the glass-like stillness of the surface, revealing a small wake of what's underneath before quickly closing back up.
		Knife in the Water is found not guilty, with only slight reservations about its ambiguous storytelling and characterization from the Court.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/knifeinwater.php (3813 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Knife in the Water DVD
		With Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" sweeping the board at the last Academy Awards this DVD is a timely release for his debut feature "Knife in the Water", which soon put him on the map by getting an Oscar nomination.
		"Knife in the Water" was knifed in the back by many in the local industry as they saw Polanski as going too far politically.
		"Knife in the Water" is released on DVD in the UK on 25th August 2003.
	bbc.co.uk /films/2003/08/20/knife_in_the_water_1962_dvd_review.shtml (425 words)

	DVD review of Knife In The Water - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The film’s Oscar campaign was blighted by the fact that Polanski had fled from the U.S. during the 1970s after he was arrested for having sex with a girl barely in her teens.
		“Knife in the Water” finds the middle-aged Andrzej (Leon Niemczyk) and his young wife, Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka), picking up a young hitchhiker (Zygmunt Malanowicz) on their way to a weekend sailboat outing on a lake.
		Since the events in the film unfold during a brief period of time, “nothing” happens in the sense that the film doesn’t supply a noticeable “shift”.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/Knife_In_The_Water/11348/1812 (1179 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Knife in the Water: Cut the Cord
		Knife in the Water is the title of Roman Polanski's first feature film.
		Knife in the Water are often lumped in with fellow Southern Gothic rockers like Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Southwestern Neo-country kids like Calexico and The Handsome Family.
		Knife in the Water are Low's funky cousins, the younger siblings of Yo la Tengo, and the reflection in troubled waters of Opal/Mazzy Star.
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=10793725878832 (538 words)

	Music: Dangerous Music (Austin Chronicle . 02-01-99)
		Knife in the Water is fixing to open for Lullaby for the Working Class and Edith Frost on the club's upper stage, and the band members are giddy, joking and finishing each other's sentences like an old married couple.
		Knife in the Water's music has the half-dreaming feel of pre-dawn, but their sound is charged with the second wind that carries you through to the sunrise.
		Knife in the Water knows that to create profound music after God requires being driven by emotions central to the human experience.
	weeklywire.com /ww/02-01-99/austin_music_feature2.html (1545 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Knife in the Water
		In the film, upscale couple Andrzej and Krystyna (Leon Niemczyk and Jolanta Umecka) drive out to the marina to take a little ride on the water, picking up a tenacious, beefcake hitchhiker (Zygmunt Malanowicz, whose character is unnamed in the film) and letting him go along on the trip.
		Knife in the Water is exceptionally well made for a first movie, maybe the best "first" following only Citizen Kane.
		Water challenges the brain with a simple puzzle and a short running time, and in the end it offers no answer, remaining freely open for interpretation.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/VideoHome/07FEC8F7CCD44B7088256DB50006B202?OpenDocument (487 words)

	Knife in the Water: Cut the Cord - PopMatters Music Review
		Austin's Knife in the Water's latest release is not necessarily a step backwards or forwards for this fine ensemble.
		Knife in the Water move into new ground with the marching, military beat of "Massacre", which has a certain Latin guitar rhythm weaving in and out.
		Knife in the Water atone for the last miscue on this track, another candidate for the album's highpoint.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/k/knifeinthewater-cutthecord.shtml (819 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Knife in the Water at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Knife in the Water would be an important film regardless of its quality, as the first feature film of a great director.
		Knife in the Water is his first feature film as director, and I have...
		Knife in the Water was an interesting film and it...
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	The Criterion Collection: Knife in the Water
		But it was the maverick Roman Polanski who emerged onto the international film scene in the early 1960s obsessed not so much with the big issues of the day as with the quirks and backwaters of human nature.
		There’s a gritty feel to the films of the “Polish school” of the late 1950s that recalls the work of (Roberto) Rossellini in particular.
		It is an exercise in the Absurd and the surreal that suggests the hostility and suspicion with which outsiders can be regarded like the two men in the film who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=215&eid=325§ion=essay (365 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Reviews \| Knife in the Water
		Roman Polanski's sensational 1962 debut, presented as part of his BFI retrospective, is an example of how a superlative director makes a film from the simplest materials.
		On the boat, tension between the trio rises as the two men indulge in alpha-male competition for the woman's approval.
		The raw talent of this film is still obvious, as it was to landmark Paramount producer Robert Evans ("I loved the little Polack!"), who sponsored Polanski's Hollywood career and, in movies such as Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby, brought to full flower his extraordinary ability to create menace.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1188440,00.html (116 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Knife in the Water at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Knife in the Water is his first feature film as director, and I have to say it did not engage me half as much as the above-mentioned two did.
		Krystyna was pushed to the side for much of the film, only really achieving a characterisation in the last fifteen minutes or so.
		I agree that this was his point, but, for me, the film fails because he was trying too hard to break rules.
	www.epinions.com /content_20177522308 (645 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Knife in the Water: The Criterion Collection
		It is quite common for first-time feature filmmakers to strive for simplicity, feeling their way with a genre exercise confined to one location and populated with the bare minimum of characters required to generate dramatic tension.
		Forty years later, the film is arguably more surprising than at the time of its release for the way it seems to anticipate its inevitably formulaic Hollywood (by way of Australia) remake, Dead Calm.
		Of Knife in the Water's many triumphs, perhaps its most praiseworthy aspect is Polanski's casually confident staging, which is most impressive at its least ostentatious.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/k/knifeinthewater_cc.q.shtml (860 words)

	Nóz w wodzie (1962) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Knife in the Water is really a good study of human interaction, exploring such themes as power struggles, distrust, and relationships.
		And, of course, Polanski's direction is outstanding (even this early in his career) and his decision to use jazz for the soundtrack was a nice touch.
		Paving the way for his future work, Knife in the Water is definitely a worthwhile experience.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0056291 (455 words)

	Knife in the Water: Plays One Sound and Others / Red River / Cut the Cord: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Austin quintet Knife in the Water have taken their moniker from the early Roman Polanski movie Nóz w Wodzie for a reason: the parallel between their music and the slow dread and bare-wrought tension of the film is uncanny.
		The cello-kissed "Warped Pearls" is uncrackable: "Mother moth cocoon becomes a bloody mess/ Lights between the trees drinking antifreeze." All visual movement exists inside the heads of its characters now, filled with broken (and non-sensical) hallucinations that no longer tell their tales from the outside.
		Knife in the Water resonate with their own Texas twang and taint, burying clues and loads of bloody evidence in their wake.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/k/knife-in-the-water/plays-red-river-cut-the-cord.shtml (1070 words)

	channel4.com/film - Knife In The Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Polanski talks us through some of the short films he made at film school (which can be seen on disc four of the Roman Polanski Collection box set), with particular emphasis on 'Three Men And A Wardrobe'.
		He says most people on his course thought the film "was bullshit" - until he took it abroad and it started to win prizes.
		There were problems after the film was made as well - the head of the Communist party in Poland was said to have been so enraged by the film that he threw an ashtray at his TV and broke it, and all the reviewers panned it.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film_dvd.jsp?id=105060 (350 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Knife in the Water (1962)
		Roman Polanski's first film has to rank with the most startling debuts of all time—that's surely a list headed by Citizen Kane, but Knife in the Water probably isn't too far behind.
		Knife in the Water is a simple, deliberately claustrophobic story: Andrzej (Leon Niemczyk) and Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka), husband and wife, are off for a weekend sail, but on the drive to the pier, they nearly run over a hitchhiker.
		Extras Review: What's billed as a video introduction (26m:41s) is really an extended series of reminiscences on the film by Polanski and Jerzy Skolimowski, one of the screenwriters on the project—they were shot talking about Knife in the Water in 2002, and lead us through the project's development, production and reception.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=5299 (1529 words)

	BBC - Films - Knife In The Water
		Whether it be the clammy creepiness of suburban Satanism shocker Rosemary's Baby or the cloying seediness of nilhilistic noir Chinatown, Roman Polanski has a gift for conjuring an unsettling atmosphere.
		Knife In The Water, his feature debut and only Polish film, is no exception.
		See what films are opening in the UK in 2005 and beyond
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2002/05/20/knife_in_the_water_1962_review.shtml (348 words)

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