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.
女游泳更衣室那段（但很失真啊，现实中游泳后公共淋浴谁还穿着泳衣啊？），倒是想到了《纺织姑娘》——王全安生活得多，既然进了公共浴室，那肯定是赤裸裸坦诚相见的。
其实也不算太差。故事内核套用小人鱼爱王子的童话故事，旧壶装新酒，没新意。缝合怪，加了一堆老设定，萤火之森、天气之子、企鹅公路等等。世界设定还不错，天外来物的泡泡在唱歌和老故事相比没太大亮点。前半段是真的尬，虽然原故事就是公主爱上王子，但是这片还这么老套，并且突然的面部滤镜特写太出戏了...阴郁的男主设定太反感，并且一堆队友太多余，上次看这么空洞的还是天气之子。但是质量和配乐还是很在线的，两个星给恰到好处的配乐（有巨人的味道了），并且中间跑酷比赛和最后的登塔跑酷质量很好很燃。
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阵容这么豪华，拍出来就这。我只能理解是在试验新技术了。
阿兹海默，普通家庭面对疾病。但有些艺术手法看不懂
虚渊玄是被绑架了吗怎么写这么老套的故事，看得我疯狂皱眉🆘
蓝泡泡红泡泡梦回老头环库拉拉
前面有点多余。后面开始，真是，人间真实。想到了，我的母亲，还有我的外婆外公。外公摔了一跤，拉回家了，断了管子，人就走了。外婆老年痴呆，没过半年，也走了。久病床前无孝子，强求不得。伺候人的事儿，谁能一直受得了呢。活着不管，死了办个体面的葬礼，也算是自我安慰了。不如啊，痛痛快快的走了，自己不遭罪，也不用为难周围的人。活着的时候，好好活着，死了也干净利落吧。人生啊，活着一辈子，图什么呢？
剧本摄影不错，但是剧本没有像《困在时间里的父亲》那样专注，而是分散开塑造女主整体生存环境。问题是表演太差！生硬的表演配合上长镜头简直没法看！穿衣服洗澡你是认真的吗？？？？？？？？
以后一定要补文学积累！！！
理想中的少年原型啊
演员演技都不错。喜欢中间烟雾里翩翩起舞、最后在废墟上搓麻将还有水上病床的镜头
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故事在剪辑后有一定的理解难度，但可以感受到电影的真诚。
跑酷的设定超酷，镜头视角丝滑，两人这条小美人鱼的感情线太寡淡了
音乐还是挺好听的～
就是因为导演太懂电影了
为啥各种看到诚哥的影子，这剧情太诚哥了，男女主只管爱就对了，最后一定女主牺牲拯救男主再消失，再给个镜头暗示两人实际又在一起了。画面只管美就对了，剧情其余不要问为什么，问了就是诚哥套路。
人物太多显得臃肿，比如送葬者五个人像是坏逼，结果就是群卖鞋的，两个主角的故事还没讲明白，就想着弄群像塑造。结果背景交代的不清楚，前因后果也没整通顺。整个故事就显得很不完整。
【2020年10月13日-「第四届平遥国际电影展-从山西出发Made-in-Shanxi」-小城之春厅-全球首映】
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