Polanski’s first completed student short at the State Film School in Łódź, Poland. Murder (1957) presents the viewer with just one scene: a man walks into an apartment and stabs another man who is sleeping. Reminiscent of a particularly violent moment from a fifties film noir, the sheer audacity of the piece is remarkable. Completely silent, without even musical accompaniment, the viewer can’t help but be drawn into the action which is immensely shocking even though it’s over almost as soon as it begins.
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