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.
Everyone is nothing more than a name or a number on the quarantine list, on the vaccine shot roster, on the survivor or death roll. Expect nothing of a public system or a government whatsoever. A good person helps and treats you like a person, that's all.
这就是以“人”为中心和“以“国”为中心的电影的区别。隔着屏幕都感受到了新冠肺炎病毒的传播和紧张，每一个镜头都是为了人这个个体。又摆脱不了个人在国家、社会、体制面前轻如鸿毛。最后无奈的质问镜头问的绝不仅是英国！
听到朱迪的利物浦口音，瞬间被拉回在利物浦学习生活的那段时间，想念
女主把垃圾袋套在身上，她很害怕，他们根本就没有人科普到底应该怎么做，外面来的医护人员很冷漠，医疗热线也打不通。新冠给英国的医疗系统带来的冲击提醒我们人类是多么渺小。叫肯尼的老人感染发病的时候那个呼吸声我听着都要窒息了……Jodie Comer的表演真的很棒，从《杀死伊芙》到《最后的决斗》再到这里，她都没有为自己的上一个角色所困。她是我最喜欢的女演员，很看好她的职业前景！看到“I got some great PPE. All delivered from China to my door…”又好笑又辛酸。这部电影可贵的地方就在于，小人物也有大勇气，他们起来反抗不公，而没有像很多拆尼斯一样选择躺平认命。有时候我觉得，这片土地上的人几千年来就没变过，科技发达又怎么样，赛博农场罢了。
Jodie演得好，比和Tony的联结感触更深的是一个小时左右那场面对被看护者一个个死去而无能为力的抽泣到奔溃，看得窒息揪心（和同天看婚姻场景的Isaac一样不好受极了）。
这部剧要是没有金敏喜.....但洪尚秀的电影不能没有金敏喜，他就是因金敏喜且围绕这个中心拍摄的吧。他的电影，换任何一个演员，都没法有镜头里和镜头外的那种默契和状态。
朱迪科默真的是个好演员 完全被她带入情境当中
金敏喜蛊惑人，每次看完她的演出就觉得近期看到女孩都黯然失色！
一个对自我产生质疑的小说家，偶遇曾经要将其小说拍成电影最终却推掉的导演夫妇，三人同行又遇到自顾息影的女演员。导演因赞许女演员的才华导致小说家对导演对女演员生活选择品头论足产生反感，不留情面地驳斥对方。导演的妻子不愿继续与其同行，小说家的观念与女演员不谋而合，因此二人打算共同完成一部短片创作。影片的结尾，女演员独自在影厅里观看成片，留给我们的只有一个镜头，即是女演员手捧野花目光清澈地走向屏幕，嘴角挂着清纯的微笑，哼着婚礼进行曲。洪尚秀借小说家之口说出自己全新的创作理念:情节不重要。被深剖赋予意义的生活细节也有被夸大之嫌。最重要的是重拾对生活的信念。影片中反复提及的女演员丈夫一角，始终未曾出现在影片中，以及影片的影片中。而小说家创作的前提是夫妇二人共同出演，对于生活起到决定性意义的事物是缺席的。
很少女感
现在才来看这样一部电影，不免又觉得有点五味杂陈。它多少点醒了我，抗疫这件事熬了这么久，即使偶尔能散发出正能量，但对于所有人来说，早已变成了一个太过沉重的话题，落脚到每一个个体之上，都是绝望、失望、无助，以及该如何互相帮助来反抗这些情绪的故事，一点小事人家就能思考这么久，这又怎么能不让人汗颜呢。
洪的作品越来越玄，但总是让人能一口气看完，还觉得时间蛮快的，总体三星。金敏喜额外补上一颗。（被最后的彩色甜到了）
大概是看的第一部新冠影片
听到朱迪的利物浦口音，瞬间被拉回在利物浦学习生活的那段时间，想念
好多长镜头……剧情好平……为最后的几分钟加一星吧。
评论有人说是问责NHS，哪跟哪啊，明明是辱骂托利，而且骂都没骂到位。这种大题材是不是就还得留给BBC做
科妹演技认证。用HELP的几层意思分段有意思
结结实实的给看哭了。WE need to see this film right now! and It's 2022.
现在才来看这样一部电影，不免又觉得有点五味杂陈。它多少点醒了我，抗疫这件事熬了这么久，即使偶尔能散发出正能量，但对于所有人来说，早已变成了一个太过沉重的话题，落脚到每一个个体之上，都是绝望、失望、无助，以及该如何互相帮助来反抗这些情绪的故事，一点小事人家就能思考这么久，这又怎么能不让人汗颜呢。
但后半部的突变的文艺片画风把之前好不容易营造的现实主义氛围一下拉垮冲淡了，使的朱迪对着镜头的控俗也变成了个人恩怨的发泄，拉低了原本电影所要传达的立意和主题的沉重。
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