Knife In The Water (1962)
Directed by Roman Polanski · Cinematography by Jerzy Lipman
94 min59 frames
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What is Knife In The Water about?
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski in his feature debut, and starring Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, and Zygmunt Malanowicz. Its plot follows a husband and wife who are accompanied on a boating trip by a young male hitchhiker, who spurs a number of escalating confrontations between the couple.
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Across 59 sampled frames, Knife In The Water builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with close-ups (22%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jerzy Lipman keeps 76% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Knife In The Water (1962) are #898989, #c8c8c8, #484848, #020202, #2f2f2f, #acacac — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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