SOURCE: Thompson, David. Review of Knife in the Water, by Roman Polanski. Sight and Sound 3, no. 3 (March 1993): 54.

In the following review, Thompson praises the re-release of Polanski's early film Knife in the Water, arguing that the work is still compelling thirty years after its initial release.

[In Knife in the Water,] Andrzej, a prosperous sports reporter, and his young wife Christine are driving to the lakes for a weekend on their yacht when they are stopped by a hitch-hiking student who jumps in front of their car so suddenly that Andrzej has difficulty in stopping in time. Furious with the boy, but half admiring his nerve, Andrzej agrees to give him a lift, and when they reach the yacht he impulsively asks the boy to join them. Andrzej is an expert yachtsman. He prides himself on his fitness and physical prowess as well as on the many gadgets...