Sunday, August 24, 2025

Roman Polanski's "Murder" (Poland, 1957)

Roman Polanski's first student film. Eighty-seven seconds long, and the opening credits take up nearly 14 seconds. The "Koniec" at the end was another eight seconds. 

Not much of a narrative arc, but I liked the close-up of the Polish door handle. In its brevity, Polanski avoided the pitfalls of seemingly more ambitious student films. 

Here it is, posted 17 years ago on YouTube.


 

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, the resemblance of the door hardware to a crucifix was interesting. Thanks for sharing this, Waldo.

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