Knife in the water = Nóż w wodzie

Knife in the water Nóż w wodzie

DVD - 2003

A middle-aged journalist and his wife invite a footloose young hitch-hiker aboard their sail-boat for a Sunday outing in the Polish lake district. Like two peacocks, the men proceed to flaunt their virility before the woman, revealing a cynical sadism on the part of the husband and a growing resentment in the knife-wielding youth. This is Roman Polanski's first directorial effort.

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Subjects
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Competition (Psychology) > Drama.
Sex > Drama.
Conflict of generations > Poland > Drama.
Sailboats > Poland > Drama.
Feature films.
Short films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection 2003.
Language
Polish
English
Corporate Author
Zespół Filmowy Kamera
Corporate Author
Zespół Filmowy Kamera (production company)
Other Authors
Roman Polanski (film director), Stanislaw Zylewicz (film producer), Leon Niemczyk, 1923-2006 (actor), Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, 1938-
Edition
Special edition double-disc set ; full screen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Special features include: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; video interview with director Roman Polanski and co-screenwriter, Jerzy Skolimowski; a collection of rare publicity and production skills; English subtitle translation by Roman Polanski.
Disc 2 contains a collection of Roman Polanski's short films from 1957-1962, including: Murder, Teeth smile, Break up the dance, Two men and a wardrobe, The lamp, When angels fall, The fat and the lean, and Mammals.
Accompanied by: Program notes in English by Peter Cowie, and Chapter (1 fold. leaflet : ill.).
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (94 min.) : sound, black and white, mono ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual layer; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 1962: Winner, International Film Critics' Award.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Jerzy Lipman ; music, Krzysztof T. Komeda ; editor, Halina Pruger.
ISBN
9780780023260
  • Disc 1. Feature film
  • Disc 2. Murder
  • Teeth smile
  • Break up the dance
  • Two Men and a wardrobe
  • The Lamp
  • When angels fall
  • The Fat and the lean
  • Mammals.
Review by Library Journal Review

Roman Polanski's remarkable feature film debut powerfully explores the intrinsically competitive nature of men-especially in the presence of an attractive woman. An upper-middle-class couple picks up a college student hitchhiker and take him sailing on their small yacht. The experienced older man lords it over his callow guest in ways both subtle and obvious as they continually duel for dominance. Extras include a recent interview with the director, along with eight of his seminal early short films on a second disc. For all collections.(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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