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.
虽然法庭戏与最后反转再反转堪称完美，但狂打5星的豆友们肯定还有别的相同的原因。
结论说的是唯有在这么棒棒哒的体质下，普通人才有机会干趴下手眼通天的大坏蛋，才能伸张正义，才有能力还人世间一个公道。
总体观感不如杰伊比姆。反转还是很多，副督察从正义到邪恶再到良心发现，瘸腿律师从出场看着像个正派，说话像个反派，抽丝剥茧还原了副督察给的真相。新闻媒体和警察操纵了真相，程序正义的重要性。
韩国以及印度的电影，为何敢于这么拍出黑暗，国内连拍都不敢吧，敢拍的导演演员肯定直接被封杀，几乎不可能过审，都让国民活在童话之中，感谢韩国印度拍的这种电影，让我们看清楚人性
印度的电影，缺啥拍啥，这是最大的民主表现。
后半段是跪着看完的。
里面那个警官演的太好了吧…影片最后那几分钟有点多余…
现实主义题材作品。不过就是把我们不敢摆在台面上的题材拍成了电影而已，但就是这一点，我们可能永远也无法通过审核。
2022. 7.11，在这个近期吃瓜，瓜连着瓜，热点一个接一个的当下，结合目前的舆论环境来看这部影片就像是有人替我们喊出了一些声音，被愚弄驯化被操控的人们，睁开眼睛吧，撕开真实世界的一角给你看下，哪里有什么真相？有什么正义？有什么公平？片子结局其实是有点糊了，开场近一个小时的铺垫也稍长，背景音乐也有对点乱剧情，想说的东西也是太多太多，有点溢出，但法庭辩论还原事实部分还是起鸡皮疙瘩的~~~~~推荐一看~~~耐心是美德，尤其是看印度片~~
电影的名字是印度国歌，译为人民的意志。
仅体制谋杀这一点，
所有国家都在与问题的斗争中进步，只有我们在没问题的自嗨中坠落
有一些缺陷，比较生硬粗暴，但一勇遮百丑，即使是洒狗血式的批判现实主义，也足够中国电影汗颜的了。
借用台词:sir 本邦的八千万人口，由你决定，他们何时该向你扔石头，何时该为你鼓掌，可以借此掩盖直升机和采矿的勾当。
我不知道为什么这么高的分。一尘不染的镜头，到处诗意的慢动作，还是充斥全篇的bgm。明明这就不是真实的印度，至少不是真实的人民，也不是真实的悲伤和愤怒，粉饰过的善与恶不应被夸耀吧？真实的有，《德里罪案》，然鹅《星期四》也比它强，更不用说《炙热》了。
女主过于漂亮，印度种姓是刻在脸上的，女主和她母亲过大的视觉差算是选角不当。整部电影节奏、镜头反胃，BGM巨吵，由于庭审效果，两次反转没能带来任何惊喜，这部电影最成功之处是——它是印度电影。
能拍敢拍三星起，中间是有点惊喜，但是总之太长了，没必要。
乍看导演是让观众不要看表象，但导演全程都隐瞒着重要人物关系 因果关系在讲述，直到最后几分钟才一下放出全部关系 这种头重脚轻 刻意隐瞒重要线索情节到最后的方式 绝对上不了4星
中国电影不仅在剧本讲故事的能力上，更在国家社会议题的反思和讨论上，离韩日以及印度电影差的越来越远了
印度这种时常的体量，至少有四十分钟是废话，拖沓得看着蛋疼。首先是整个悬疑的气氛，还是差口气，围绕一名女教授的死亡展开调查，背后牵扯出了各方势力。破案的过程，错综复杂的利益纠葛：这些应该是重点，而不是在法庭上的滔滔不绝。当然，最后的法庭戏，只能说是真的敢拍。对女性尊严的维护，对导师绝对权力的批判，对种姓制度的深恶痛绝，对平等、自由、正义的渴望吗，全都在那慷慨激昂的口若悬河里了。上层的丑恶嘴脸，对舆论的操控，对生命的漠视，一切不过是交易的砝码。直到，这些棋子本身的反噬。
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