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.
我好像看过类似的剧情，挺鬼扯的，最后成了广告。装成这样，累不累
在巨大的社会事件之后，呈现出来的边缘角落。
看看最近的世界，不就是这样吗？总有一批人就这样消失了，就好像从来都没存在过一样。
都始终有人听，有人信
王朔：玩摇滚的形式大于内容一个个都是为了泡妞；演艺圈几乎没什么好东西；导演和导演老婆属于各玩各的；那谁拍的电影只有农村戏能看；那谁演的电影也就农村戏好看；新概念作家等于陪酒小姐。（王朔自己：天赋异禀在自己的领域年少成名游刃有余，天南海北地跑了一圈，最后白月光生了我和红颜知己的孩子？
故事太散了，前半部分和后半部分感觉看了两部电影。前面明明是儿时的爱情，后面变成科技改变人生……
拍得有点乱，看名字以为是科幻片，前半段成了剧情片，后面又差点变成哲学片了。王传君是知道自己后来要变成植物人所以一直演得这么木讷嘛。名气，财富都是过眼云烟，青春和记忆才是最美好而又稍纵即逝的，可惜现在干细胞研究依旧离突破和疾病治疗很遥远，更何况长生不老，所以还是珍惜眼前时光和身边人吧。王老挺有意思的，王珞丹那个角色年轻时随身带把弹弓随时发动攻击还挺酷的，王朔对娱乐圈的不满和不屑表现得挺明显的。
连环凶杀公务员，扶贫救弱职未当。
电影烂到家了，但是，王老出现的瞬间，我脱口而出：“这不是王啸坤吗？”huh，一个我十年都没有想起过的名字，不知道为什么我还能脱口而出。果然那些你以为时间已经帮你冲刷掉的记忆，身体还是帮你记得。btw，不认识王啸坤的朋友，应该认识戚薇吧哈哈。一下子想起了当年一大家子在吃饭时我执意要开电视看我型我秀的画面，家里现在应该还有王啸坤的专辑吧。
一种久违的隽永感，像是以前看过的一些小语种无厘头的电影一样，主题很大，细节又很小很小，最后没有强迫观众落泪还挺好的。
残缺抱团捱苦年，官家低保吝发放。
一个真敢写，一个真敢拍，两个真敢演。 就算能解读出点啥也不能掩盖整片乱七八糟的感觉。。
社会派大多相对而言悬疑感就会弱一些——这部看到一半就猜到了——还是要靠“背后的故事”来取胜。而这部背后的故事，大约就是震灾过后每个人内心深处的PTSD，好人与恶人并无清晰界限，守望相助的短暂幸福感可能也无法救人，霓虹社会保障制度的弊端。10年过去伤痕也不会消失，不同的人选择了不同的埋藏安抚方式。其他好像并没有被震撼到。
一个真敢写，一个真敢拍，两个真敢演。 就算能解读出点啥也不能掩盖整片乱七八糟的感觉。。
前半段的年代爱情跟后半段的带点奇幻色彩的对生死的思考有些太割裂了，感觉有些没有抓住重点。
今天也去看了外公，身体一天不如一天
震后创伤+生活保障的题材不错，可惜导演拍得又平又浅。清原确实表现很出色，最佳女配实至名归。
3.5星。那些得不到保护的人，要发出自己的声音，要发出比那些卑劣者更坚定更理直气壮的声音。
——2022年春，谁能想到上海市民就这么强行能共情了。
对了，死神永生。
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