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.
其实结合断背山看这个片子就能看懂很多菲尔和布朗克的爱情细节，但是这个片子是个情感复杂的猎杀故事（菲尔和罗斯，乔治和罗斯，菲尔和乔治，彼得和罗斯，彼得和菲尔），一个猎杀一个，黄雀在后。
因为被前期的介绍误导，本以为会是像钢琴课一样描绘爱的角力，结果却是这样一个故事，有点意外，看到后来想起影片开头独白，原来开篇就已经揭示真相。看似柔弱的男孩慢慢露出他的獠牙，又一个Norman Bates式的男孩，真是会咬人的狗不叫啊，有点心疼Phil。
何意百炼刚，化为绕指柔，高级的猎人往往都以猎物的方式出现。
年度总结，甚至是阶段性的历史总结，不仅仅是关于大事件的走向，更是关于每一个人的选择，行至今日，美国留下了什么，世界留下了什么，人类留下了什么，电影成为了如片中马克·里朗斯掌握的预言之书，莱昂纳多并未像预言那般孤独死去，斯特里普却真的被异星种族所吞食，但结局似乎都是一样的，荒诞和愚乐的尽头是虚无与悲伤，关乎时事的空想笑料，又是实实在在的现实警钟。
断断续续几次看完了。整体感觉，意义大于可看性。我不是很喜欢前半段的镜头语言，感觉太刻意了，那种在冷静叙事和人物大特写之间的来回切换。后半段的可看性稍微了好了一丢丢。内容当然是扎实的，虽然是胡诌片，但是也下了功夫。片子讽刺美国的整套政治游戏和政客的虚伪，但说真的，某国人民还没跟着一起讽刺美国、然后觉得自己优越性的资格。如果说有什么整体讽刺、不分国籍国家的，大概就是，讽刺每个人都觉得自己很聪明、而别人是蠢货，每个人都是这样。唉。
奥斯卡级卡司很好地提升了这个荒诞讽刺喜剧的信念感，使其观感超越了一般的SNL闹剧。虽然我看得很开心一直在笑，但如果把彗星看作疫情的话，也是蛮让人心情沉重的。【剧透预警】彩蛋很逗，飞了两万多年的梅姨到底还是被怪物咬死了
能看到山中恶犬的两人,以自己的方式保护在乎的人。
本来想找个电影娱乐一下，翻了半天结果还是看了这个闷片。节奏真慢，风景真美，（Montana还是新西兰？）音乐真haunting。剧情走向倒是容易看出来，也是大概节奏慢的缘故吧。别的没看出来，主要看出了女导演对toxic masculinity的嘲讽。
本以为这只是一部西部片，渐渐有了爱情片的元素，再后面发现有男同片的潜质，最后影片以悬疑片终结。
我不认为这是一场在极慢的节奏下把故事讲清楚的电影，可能也因如此，电影只是入围多个重要电影节但并未获奖。Kodi Smit-McPhee简直就是男版Uma Thuman……Benedict Cumberbatch发挥空间有限，要是拿了奥斯卡男主的话只能说是男主小年。Kirsten Dunst倒是在女配上大放异彩。影片的阴谋要是再能带动观众一些就好了，情节已经慢疯了，但却没有让观众比较好get到精彩的点，实属遗憾。
上海需要一部 - Don't Go Out
执念于过去仰慕的对象 在漫长无望的孤独岁月里再次遇到的安慰却是一场纯粹的复仇谋杀 越品越美
Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. 克制，诡异，慢节奏，性别塑造与爱欲，动机一直延续到最后一刻才完全揭露。大年初一看得津津有味👀
？被娈卷福不待见矮肥花生娶蜘蛛侠老婆，然而惹到腹黑医学生X男两分钟就被炭疽带走。莫名其妙的物件和桥段可以带着各自隐喻让影评人高潮一阵接一阵，但美大荒破牧场难看就是难看
上海需要一部 - Don't Go Out
好惨一Phil，勤劳苦干被人设套毒害。
今年个人目前最佳。冷静的旁观，对阳刚之气的最佳讽刺。
phil, love, 爱，philosophy, 爱智慧，哲学，philanthropy, 爱人类，博爱，只爱自己叫做自恋，只爱自己所爱的是什么，那还是爱吗，the power of the dog, phil和peter(rock)究竟谁是dog, 我没有想明白，所有事物都有其两面，易经里的阴阳也是很奇妙
是什么被克制了呢，如果是一个男性对另一个被男性气质束缚的男性的救赎，那还有的一看，结果你告诉我他是个为母亲复仇的故事，或者说是仍然是为了自己的领地意识，那和被杀的fill有什么区别呢。
一个人对这部片子的喜爱程度和她对生活的绝望程度是成正比的。
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