Knife in the Water was Roman Polanski's first full-length feature, the film with which he effectively announced his genius to international cinema. A middle class couple pick up a hitchhiker who turns their lives upside down in the course of one day. Here is a natural filmmaker making a stunning cinematic debut out of almost nothing. It was first seen in the West at the Venice Film Festival, where the International Federation of Film Critics gave it their FIPRESCI award. Two years later it would be nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. The screenplay was by Polanski and Jerzy Skolimowski It opened doors for Polanski in Western Europe and America that made his extraordinary career possible. The music was written by the brilliant young Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda. It is arguably one of the most effective scores in cinema history; understated jazz that compliments the picture's sharp monochrome cinematography and the tense minimalism of the script and brings to the film another emotional dimension. Also included here are three pieces composed and performed by Komeda for Andrzej Wajda's 1960 film The Innocent Sorcerers. Written by Skolimowski, this is a stylish, humorous film about Polish youth: their underground scene, girls, scooters, jazz etc. Both Komeda and Polanski appear on screen. Komeda would go on to write three further film scores for Polanski; Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac. Overall Komeda wrote more than seventy soundtracks before his tragically early, somewhat mysterious death in 1969, at the age of just 38.
トラックリスト
1. BALLAD FOR BERNT 2. CRAZY GIRL 3. TYPISH JAZZ 4. CHERRY 5. ROMAN 11 6. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 1 7. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 2 8. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 3 9. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE 10. THREE LITTLE WORDS 11. STELLA BY STARLIGHT 12. AN OSCAR FOR A DEVIL 13. THIS OR THIS 14. GET OUT OF TOWN 15. FOURTH 16. MOJA BALLADA 17. STELLA BY STARLIGHT 18. MEMORY OF BACH
亡命作家ポランスキーが祖国ポーランドに残した唯一の長篇。音楽は「ローズマリーの赤ちゃん」のクリストファー・コメダ。「夜の終りに」から3曲も追加収録。
トラックリスト「早春」（70）のスコリモフスキーが共同脚本。強烈な戦争体験からメッセージ性の強い作品を放ったワイダなど旧世代とは異なる、より内省的な作風が彼らの共通項で、本作も登場人物は僅かに三人。裕福な知識階級の壮年の夫と美しいその妻のヨット遊びに、ヒッチハイクで拾った反抗的な貧しい若者が同行する。ヨット上で過ごす二日の間に起こる、それぞれの感情の揺れを鋭利な映像感覚で紡ぐ。ことごとく対立する夫と若者の新旧の価値観の間で不安げに佇む妻はやがて青年に傾斜していくが……。出演：レオン・ニェムチック。1962年米。
Knife in the Water was Roman Polanski's first full-length feature, the film with which he effectively announced his genius to international cinema. A middle class couple pick up a hitchhiker who turns their lives upside down in the course of one day. Here is a natural filmmaker making a stunning cinematic debut out of almost nothing. It was first seen in the West at the Venice Film Festival, where the International Federation of Film Critics gave it their FIPRESCI award. Two years later it would be nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. The screenplay was by Polanski and Jerzy Skolimowski It opened doors for Polanski in Western Europe and America that made his extraordinary career possible.
The music was written by the brilliant young Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda. It is arguably one of the most effective scores in cinema history; understated jazz that compliments the picture's sharp monochrome cinematography and the tense minimalism of the script and brings to the film another emotional dimension. Also included here are three pieces composed and performed by Komeda for Andrzej Wajda's 1960 film The Innocent Sorcerers. Written by Skolimowski, this is a stylish, humorous film about Polish youth: their underground scene, girls, scooters, jazz etc. Both Komeda and Polanski appear on screen. Komeda would go on to write three further film scores for Polanski; Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac. Overall Komeda wrote more than seventy soundtracks before his tragically early, somewhat mysterious death in 1969, at the age of just 38.
1. BALLAD FOR BERNT
2. CRAZY GIRL
3. TYPISH JAZZ
4. CHERRY
5. ROMAN 11
6. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 1
7. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 2
8. NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE 3
9. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
10. THREE LITTLE WORDS 11. STELLA BY STARLIGHT
12. AN OSCAR FOR A DEVIL
13. THIS OR THIS
14. GET OUT OF TOWN
15. FOURTH
16. MOJA BALLADA
17. STELLA BY STARLIGHT
18. MEMORY OF BACH