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.
小说牛逼，男主演也牛逼！完全符合我对吕西安的想象。巴尔扎克真是看透了这个世界。
这部电影非常得有意思，两个小时就把一个屌丝逆袭又倾覆的故事讲清楚了。人们有时候觉得是自己在掌控自己的命运，其实你周围的一切都会影响你的想法，迫使你放弃某些东西，为了融入某些环境，所以命运掌握在自己手中其实是个幻觉吧……打算把巴尔扎克的原著找来读读
西方音乐史刚刚讲完浪漫主义末期的歌剧，没想到看到这样的作品，仿佛现身说法了。我喜欢这种文学化的叙事，几乎全是巴洛克或古典以及浪漫派的配乐，油画般的舞美，整个观影过程非常享受，正合我意。
一个有才华充满理想的青年偶遇现实，名气、性、金钱以及来自乡下人特有的自卑，巴黎敞开着，此在沉沦着，梳起头发，对着镜子整理领口，涂起眼线，流连于谎言与背叛，性与毒品，香槟、沙龙、戏剧，侯爵夫人、烟雾缭绕的巴黎，以及塞纳河底。
Stop hoping, start living.
十九世纪的法国巴黎，那些迷失在浮华里的年轻人，都突破了巴尔扎克的文字，通过这部电影向我走来。再有理想和才华，没有靠山，都只是挣扎的过河卒子。小说巴尔扎克写了八年，电影虽然也长达两个半小时，但已经把那个时代法国浮世绘的感觉拍出来了。
西方红楼大梦 很诡异的天气 听到了不算好也不算坏的消息 食堂下来遇到了朋友 去聊天又拿了她们的菜
虚荣的幻灭，新生的开始，质朴的时代，诚挚的爱情、友情，前现代时代
巴尔扎克的原著很扎实，改编得也很成功，复辟时期巴黎社会众生相，去年能战胜其他众多强片获得凯撒奖当之无愧。
评论里一个个都是好journaliste，我只信🍍
没头没尾。自始至终也没说明白小比利到底干了什么让人闻风丧胆。。。
“巴尔扎克原著在导演的适当改编下对社会做出的辛辣讽刺放到当下任何一个国家环境中都毫不过时（大量的独白暴露了导演只能被原著牵着鼻子而画地而趋地搬运使得电影变成了一部名著有声书）；忠于原著对人物进行了细腻刻画以及对历史的华丽复刻使得故事工整精巧（不会做减法导致整部电影的繁枝细节沉闷冗长且令人乏味）”——在海上的两个评论家如是说道。
人生没有浮华过，何能觉醒
好好看…把原著中的巴黎线摘出来，看出来巴尔扎克即使对法国人来说也是不堪重负了，当然简化、浓缩、转接之后节奏也更快餐了。男主太帅了，这才是迷倒整个巴黎的吕西安：/
金句频出，挖苦四起，时评弹幕比主线情节精彩系列。
波旁复辟；Au 19e, le principe de publicité va être dévoyé au sens où les propriétaires de journaux vont vouloir faire de l’argent donc faire de la publicité de tout et n’importe quoi ,et pas seulement des idées politiques；Un art devient bourgeois : le théâtre.
讲的是一个年轻的外省诗人随贵妇情人进入巴黎、被丢下于是转行做小报记者、借助各路朋友敌人摸爬滚打逐渐声名鹊起、企图重新获得贵族头衔最终彻底幻灭的经历。
当理想变成借口 欲望就会吞噬所有 折射媒体和政治的乱象 人类真的毫无进步
2021-12-04@ Movie Movie Pacific Place @ HKFFF@ 怎么说呢，一方面感觉导演太省事了，那大段旁白穿故事，一方面又很想感谢导演让我梦回用了一个月高中数学课看完本作原著。90/100。还是想说那句前年在Sciences Po上课的时候望着窗外的阳光的时候发的傻傻的pyq：如果我此生注定颠沛流离，那我也愿意活在巴黎。
一个有才华充满理想的青年偶遇现实，名气、性、金钱以及来自乡下人特有的自卑，巴黎敞开着，此在沉沦着，梳起头发，对着镜子整理领口，涂起眼线，流连于谎言与背叛，性与毒品，香槟、沙龙、戏剧，侯爵夫人、烟雾缭绕的巴黎，以及塞纳河底。
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