DVD Mini Review - Knife in the Water

Roman Polanski's film debut Knife in the Water is quite an interesting film. And the fact that it was his debut film makes it even better.

This is a three character story. Andzrej (Leon Miemczyk) and his younger partner Krystyna (Jolanta Omecka) are going on their boat for the weekend. While driving towards their destination they nearly hit a hitchhiker (Zygmunt Malanowicz). They wind up asking him to come along on their boat.

Once on the boat the two men become very competitive. I suppose the film is, in part, a take on masculine competitiveness. All along I was wondering why Andzrej picked up the hitchhiker. I think that he wanted to show off.

I don't want to say much more about the film. Check it out. It is classic.