This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
还挺喜欢这一部洪尚秀的，日常和巧合，怼天怼地又感情细腻的小说家，像是导演自身理想的投影，对女演员爱意都溢出屏幕了
社会意义重大。影片拍摄得，还是很真切。揭开伤疤，再次感受痛楚。4.5星
几度热泪盈眶，是洪给世上最真诚最纯洁最热爱生命的人的礼物
导演从一开始就目的明确，以小见大。前面一切看似感人、柔软的剧情铺垫，甚至最后女主和托尼稍显尴尬的强行“私奔”，都是为了能在结尾借女主之口，对英国政府展开直接有力的控诉。当个体面对失序，绝望之下还能有所行动，往往意味着要“破坏”某些陈腐的规则，女主的操作略显冲动，却令人佩服。本片确实是现如今疫情下极具批判反思精神的现实主义佳作。
疫情爆发期间UK养老院的缩写。导演出色。凌晨三点女主Sarah请男主Tony帮患者翻身那场重点戏，全程没有拍Sarah的脸，戏结束后才把镜头转到Sarah，这段处理的太好了。你为什么这么关心他？因为他是好人，而好人太稀有了。if i helped, that’d be nice.
隔三差五要看一下洪的电影，要让自己记住两件事，第一，导演的幸运往往在于他找到了自己的缪斯，并且也得到了对方给予的特权和青睐，第二，永远不要对影像有先入为主的臆断和猜想，重要的是去感受。
一部看不见公路的公路片。电影史写到今天，所有的电影大师都在想办法在保留自己风格的基础上，探索视听的边界，以更好的表达自己想表达的内容。所以在一百二十多年的电影史上，电影是越来让观众看得懂的。但是近年来出现了这么一批故弄玄虚的文艺导演，把电影拍得让人越来越看不懂。这部片子就是一个典型。疯狂的过曝、固定机位把观众局限在半全知视角中，让人不得不去专注于那几个演员的聊天和掰扯。洪比较厉害的地方在于，能够在固定镜头中通过几人的站位，甚至是扭头这种小动作表达出人物的情绪，也借此完成生活的虚拟化。但是洪导拍的毕竟不是悬疑片，这一套反观众的套路看来是越来越不奏效了。不禁有江郎才尽之感。可能这也就是洪常秀想说的：这是我的电影，也是我的生活，不要你来瞎bb
很喜欢探讨创作的部分，还有社交中的尴尬处境。Lincoln Center/Secret Screening
你好漂亮，你很有魅力，那么我们就合拍电影吧。雏菊美丽，用黑白镜头很可惜，那么彩色拍摄也可以。电影结束，角色散去，明亮而空荡的过道，刻意提醒着这不是“纪录片”。可是，多少自我和爱意，心知肚明，早已潜入画中。
Judy Comer太美了，演care worker竟然有点出戏；打电话叫不到救护车那段，突然觉得世界变得很小很小；When did our lives stop being worth the same?
要说电影本身，依旧流畅轻盈，并且感叹，疫情时代电影也带上口罩了，好难过。
为了啾迪啃生肉，利物浦口音真是有点funny。Care home这个新冠的切入点不错，镜头灯光的运用很有压迫感。
也只有洪常秀和金敏喜能做到这么无缝衔接的戏内戏外互文，带来一种“元宇宙般的体验”：片尾放飞了，因为金敏喜太美，导演索性把黑白调成了彩色，他们好像少年情侣尽情表白。一方面我深深自我怀疑，这是可以嗑的吗？另一方面又不由自主嗑到。人与人的际遇如此神奇复杂，这怎么不能是电影呢？
结尾女主对着镜头不断质问，在某些程度上，世界也差劲得如此大同。无法对抗病毒、无法对抗体制，有时候甚至连身边的人都无法拯救，绝望层层坠落，最终掉在每一个普通人得头上。又一部被片名耽误的好电影。
好多长镜头……剧情好平……为最后的几分钟加一星吧。
同样是讲疫情，以小见大着实写实，比什么“时代的xx普通人xx大山”空洞的语言更震撼。
到没人回来的夜晚都不错，之后的戏剧化处理大败笔，结尾说教大败笔
很喜欢探讨创作的部分，还有社交中的尴尬处境。Lincoln Center/Secret Screening
可我依然乐观
3.5-4。整个观影过程很愉快，可以说是笑声不断了。小说家的设定蛮有意思，一方面像是洪的代言人，一方面又过于执着输出的想法、一味只会强调概念层，加之连个行业从业者都不是，又像是洪对对他作品进行一遍又一遍“点评”的观众的嘲笑。
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