BERNT ROSENGREN & KOMEDA TRIO jazz OST KNIFE IN THE WATER EP Muza 1961 SOUNDCLIP

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Jun 13, 2012 Sold Date

Jun 6, 2012 Start Date

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THE KNIFE IN THE WATER (=Noz w Wodzie)

directed by ROMAN POLANSKY, Poland 1961

Knife in the Water is the kind of film that works beautifully at making so much out of seemingly so little. A little tale of a couple who ask a hitch-hiker they pick up to come along with them for a sail on the lakes is all the story there is. But within that story are little bits that keep the story pumping, alive. There's also a style that lends itself to a kind of film-making that was just budding with the new-wave movements of the 60's.
Roman Polanski, who co-wrote and directed the film (as well giving an entire voice-over to the hitch-hiker), is careful in reeling in the emotions out of little dialog, and is also granted two tremendous assets aside from the actors: 1) Jerzy Lipman's crisp, free-flowing, and usually tight (to get the tenseness of the three characters) b/w photography draws one in by it's deep focus and sometimes documentary feel.
2) Krzysztof Komeda's jazz soundtrack. Polanski uses the riffs of the soft, easy-going side of the weekend-out; the up-beat pacing when a humorous situation occurs when the hitch-hiker loses control of the boat; the variations that sometimes occur with the simple shots of a boat sailing fast and slow across the water. Komeda's score for the film is among one of the better ones I've ever heard, in regards to it being a great work on it's own, and to corresponding to the film (he would later provide the memorable theme to Polanski's Rosemary's Baby).
The acting itself is interesting in what is not said between them, what has to be said by their expressions. The fact that the three have distinct personalities adds to the tenseness- it would've been more conventional if the hitch-hiker (Zygmunt Malanowicz) wanted to come on and stay, but Andzrej (Leon Miemczyk) is the more insistent one. Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka), meanwhile, never says more than the other two, but is perhaps smarter as well. One thing that definitely shows the film breaking away from the attitudes of the 50's in the emphasis on the sexual tension, and the actors convey that very well when called upon - adding to this, Umecka is a total, natural knock-out, if not entirely in performance (though the quiet, inward quality is when she's at her best).
Simply, Knife in the Water is an observant, amusing, eye-widening experience, and it ranks as one of the premiere debuts of cinema. A+

Rare polish modal jazz OST "THE KNIFE IN THE WATER" 1st original polish pressing with BERNT ROSENGREN on tenor sax at his best !

BERNT ROSENGREN with K. KOMEDA Trio

BERNT ROSENGREN (ts), KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA (p), ROMAN DYLAG (b), LECH DUDZIAK (dr)

OST "THE KNIFE IN THE WATER"

Original Soundtrack composed and conducted by KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA for the drama, directed by ROMAN POLANSKY (Poland-1961), starring Zygmunt Malanowicz, Leon Miemczyk, Jolanta Umecka.

TYPISH JAZZ (Komeda)

CRAZY GIRL (Komeda)

CHERRY (Komeda)

BALLAD FOR BEIRUT (Komeda)

EP Muza N0187 (POL)

Warsaw, November 1961

Jacket : VG+

Light cardboard, standard back holed polish jacket by Pronit in very good condition, with a few creases near the corners and extremely light ring wear. Included the photocopy of the two sides (front and back) of the rare export cover "Crazy girl"

Vinyl : VG -

The vinyl looks often played with several little signs. There is nothing deep but the aural grading reveals a constant background noise on both sides, especially on A1 and B1. However this background noise remains well below the music level and it is not extremely intruding. Please, listen to my SOUNDCLIPS.

Catalogue/Label :

EP MUZA N 0187 original 1st and only polish pressing. Labels show a few marks around the spindle hole while on side B, a stamp and a little number written with black ball point. Please, look at my label scans.

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G Fair, Poor: A very rough copy. Will play through without skipping unless otherwise noted, although records of this grade are sold AS-IS.

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