Knife in the Water Reviews

Since I have always been a huge of Roman Polanski’s work, of course, I had to watch his directing debut at some point. At the time, Polanski was not even 30 years old when he directed this first feature-length film and, surprisingly, it would be the only film he would make in Polish. Seriously, the guy was actually even younger than me! The thing I probably enjoyed the most about this movie was the fact that it was already displaying many of his trademarks that we will witness in his following masterpieces. I mean, sure, the story was rather generic but I really enjoyed the tone which was rather dark and bleak, unsettling and filled with sexual tension. As usual with Polanski, he gave here a rather pessimistic view of men in general, displaying our darkest corners which would be also something recurring in his work. On top of that, even though it was a directing debut, Polanski was back then already a cinematic master and the whole thing was quite spellbinding to watch. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains a fascinating and rather well made thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Roman Polanski's work.