The Pianist [HD DVD]
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Movie Reviews of The Pianist [HD DVD]
Movie Review: A Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I just watched this movie for the 1st time! Wow, what a remarkable piece of film. This movie was gripping from the start. I thought Adrien Brody was amazing. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen and I have seen alot!Movie Review: A Survivor telling the Story of a Survivor
Summary: 5 Stars
This has to be one of the very best Holocaust films ever made not just because of Polanski's talents but his sensibility as a Holocaust survivor. The film based on Wadyslaw Szpilman's life tells a story of the survival of the human spirit in extreme adversity and his encounter with a German Officer Wilhelm Hosenfeld who helped him in his hiding. Don't miss Disc 2 with the bonus material on the making of the film and the interviews with the cast and crew. Polanski sums it all up in his interview saying "... I saw the cast who was dressed up as the Nazi monsters in the movie-screening again as they actually are - they are Germans with earrings....charming, intelligent and delightful people and really nice people and that was a shock to me...and I come to the realisation that anyone is capable of anything, at a given time in history...The audience will walk away with the lasting emotion...and identify with the victims of that period and I hope that this film may somehow contribute to the efforts of those who don't want this type of scenario re-occur in the nearest future."
Hat off to a Master Film-Maker and the rest of the cast and crew. This is a brilliant and extraordinary film which earns the well deserved Oscars for Polanski (Best Director); Adrien Brody (Best Actor) and Ronald Harwood (Best adapted Screenplay) and watch out for the very fine performance of Thomas Kretschmann who plays the German officer.
Movie Review: Good Poles/Bad Poles; Good Jews/Bad Jews; Good Germans/Bad Germans....
Summary: 5 Stars
This true story is based on a man who was there. In this insane time, no Pole, Jew or even German could be expected to act consistently sane. It's a fantastic movie, not only for message, but for cinematography, acting, wardrobe, directing and, of course, Poland's greatest composer, Chopin. Chopin's music, again, and again, has kept the spirit of the Polish people going and going, through "all" of Poland's war's. It kept Wladislaw going too. Great movie! Breathtaking! Chopin piano pieces; Highly recommended!!! Movie Review: Extraordinary survival story...excellent work from Adrien Brody...
Summary: 5 Stars
Words are inadequate to describe the flawless flow of events in this absorbing account of Polish Jews facing extinction in the Warsaw Ghetto of the '40s during the Nazi reign of terror.
Surely the most deserving Oscar award in years was bestowed on Adrien Brody who captures his character completely and carries the film with his amazingly real performance. His role is the focal point throughout most of the action--so perfect in his characterization that he makes the story an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.
His confrontation with a Nazi officer who discovers his hiding place and then asks him to prove that he is a pianist by playing the piano, is just one of the memorable highlights. Nothing, it seems, is pictured in terms of black and white. All the gray areas are visible. This scene alone was justification for Brody's Oscar.
Roman Polanski's direction is masterful throughout, never allowing the story to bog down in sentimentality but keeping the focus on survival and some of the horrific things that happen along the way.
An inspired, thought-provoking piece of filmmaking that is stunning to watch because it is so real and moving. Not since SCHINDLER'S LIST has the brutality and epic sweep of World War II been captured so accurately.
Highly recommended for mature audiences.
Movie Review: Uplifting
Summary: 5 Stars
I came from Jewish ancestry and I have studied the holocaust since I was 15. I am now 55. I still have many questions but these DVD's and books are a great help.