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Actors: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Knife in the Water |
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KNIFE IN THE WATER is a movie cowritten and directed by Roman Polanski in 1962. The picture was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Polanski, in his first full-length movie, respects the dramatic unity of place, time and situation. A married couple invites a young hitchhiker they've almost run over to sail with them during one day on the lakes.
Soon, tension begins to grow between the husband, an experienced sailor, and the student. Andrzej, a sports journalist, tries to dominate the boy as he does his wife.
When Andrzej makes the young man's knife fall into the water, the masks of the three characters will disappear.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Knife in the Water |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Lover is...
- domineering
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- sail boat
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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