冰刀

剧情简介

This/ e`[ar^ly 70's giallo by Umber);$to Len[*zi i`:=s ce rtainly among the be.s+.:t in hi.s* filmogr-)aphy and al(so in$ the ,@w:hole genre. Pe$_rsonally I think@# Lenzi's best film+s are the funny car+t^oon-turned-film Krim+ina/l, :th
:=e ) st-_yl ][ish giallo Seven Blo_+_+od-Sta \;i\ne\.
d Orchids,/ ] the e-xp\`-lo)sive Napoli v:iole=nta and th_i+s.- In the eighties he did p^:l$,e+nty of=@ film trash i#@[n form of E a#@\te
/n Alive, Hit-ch%er in the Dark/ or B#lack Demo]@ns:=)_, all of;# which are rip,?ping s/ _o*/`m ($ething off ando#r
[ve;+ry_ dull and slow moving. \Knife of Ice came when the% gi % a#ll- o bo /om was at its_] hottes#)t/\ and the r @:$ e.\s;u//?l],]#t is convin]/cing.　　T[ echnica ]:lly the fil m is superb, con$taining; great cinematography in / the begin]_?ning when we learn/ abou?-\;t the main+= cha,racter'##s $?.traum+a towards / tr.ains. From- th(is po int on, Lenzi shows u%]s his ability to be?nefit) the widescr=een and, for example,`- the bicycle%!: ride near the f[^ orest `is ge^#/n:;uine #ly  beaut# .;iful! This scene*? a\?lso ?!shows Le=$_nzi's a
.+bilit$@y to build sus;*/`pense, very slow
ly; /.?_but meaningfully. After all, there a+@re/n't so many murde[)rs in_% the whole f``ilm,: only the susp[#ense circulati[ ng a.]@rou nd .the murderer']_s identity.　　One susp!@ect )$?;is a de,(vil worshipper which brings (new as*,pe%cts to the mys#`tery. Since the final scene takes place in a chur#]c/h, one can ^w$.onder if L)enzi wanted to com@me:#n[*_t `on so,mething, may_\be ;`the hypo*_]criti+cal _#mo+\!rale of ch[_urch an?d supe! rs..t-*_(itio
?n?*. The mai[n character (Carrol Baker) is m_\ute which demands a lot
]from her fac+\/;e and ey*^.#e)s. The act.ress w]^orks ver=$:y( well, giving =(us% - a beli;*evab-^\le@:)+ p)%%erformance ci)r^/culati((ng:%@ around the emot: ions of fear and (-mental /^p!ain. T\/he other% ` -actor^ s) are+ ?@g::`oo..)d, to!^ o. The fi;_nally,.%( however, may not give too positi? [v)!e a sight /a
+b^=out fem:ale !/se=%x since they all@: are expressed rat
her n?^(e;]+gati)[vely in the f@=+ilm, one
$ w[;ay or -)another../+ Still this is e`as i
l#y among the most noteworthy in the genr$e, no-t as b/loody  as t$h/_e Argent$:;]o film.#s, for example, but equal
ly%, suspen
-seful and v?#^isual:: ;ly also intere`sting.