A moment with a pervert

Toothy Smile (1957)
Starring: Nikola Todorow
Director: Roman Polanski
Rating: Six of Ten Stars

A man (Todorow) going out for the evening stops to ogle his topless neighbor, but learns he should have stopped while he was ahead.

"Toothy Smile" is a short film made by Roman Polanski while he was at film school in Poland. It's a silent film, although there is one moment where it really needed sound (or at least a shot including a different angle on the action). 

It runs just shy of two minutes, so it will take almost no time at all for you to check it out--it's well worth it. My summary might make it sound a little more dramatic than it actually is, but everything here shows that Polanski had excellent mastery of cinematic storytelling from the beginning.

Note: Tuesdays in August of 2021, there'll be a review of one of Roman Polanski's short films at this blog. This is in observation of his 88th birthday, which is on the 18th. While he may be a shitty human being (what with him being a convicted child rapist who refuses to face punishment for his crime), he's made some pretty good films that are worth checking out.