tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post7981181291179193612..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: In the GhettoSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-73384491290132301772012-02-05T11:05:04.568-06:002012-02-05T11:05:04.568-06:00Certainly there are some similarities. But the one...Certainly there are some similarities. But the one film (Spielberg's) is very much a film about the Holocaust. Polanski's film is in many ways tangential to the Holocaust. <br /><br />I think, though, that in the main we agree on this and we're nitpicking.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-43606873474745496982012-02-04T11:41:34.325-06:002012-02-04T11:41:34.325-06:00@SJHoneywell: Thanks for your thoughts on The Pian...@SJHoneywell: Thanks for your thoughts on The Pianist, which I agree with to a certain extent, the stories are not the same, but I do think there are comparisons to Spielberg's film in terms of story structure (I won't spoil the film for other commenters here ( :<br /><br /> Terry Gilliam makes some interesting points about Holocaust films here, with spoilers: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKS3rdYTpIChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-29516564680885159572012-02-04T10:47:55.987-06:002012-02-04T10:47:55.987-06:00The film would be a lot less without Brody's p...The film would be a lot less without Brody's performance. <br /><br />While it's impossible to avoid touching on The Holocaust completely when making a film about a Jew in Poland during World War II, the film is much more about the man's survival and the survival of art and beauty amid terror, horror, and human depravity. Certainly there are aspects of The Holocaust in the film, though. But we never see a concentration camp. We see the treatment of the Jews but not the regular attempted extermination. <br /><br />This is a war film, a film about survival. It is informed by The Holocaust, but not specifically shaped by it.<br /><br />One of the reasons I liked this film as well as I did is for that reason--it told a new story by changing the setting from what I expected it to be.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-65278535321101735332012-02-04T08:03:43.195-06:002012-02-04T08:03:43.195-06:00I agree with Ryan from the comments that a lot of ...I agree with Ryan from the comments that a lot of holocaust films came before, so maybe if The Pianist had been made before Schindler's List it would have impacted me more. Adrien Brody was fantastic, and Polanski's film did stay with me.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-29341350612329799332012-02-02T19:03:32.454-06:002012-02-02T19:03:32.454-06:00Good review. I had literally never heard of, or s...Good review. I had literally never heard of, or seen, Adrien Brody before this film came out. It was truly an "out of nowhere" performance to me. The scene where he quietly hugs the tomato can just said it all at that point in the film.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-85485068285605352002012-02-01T12:07:13.906-06:002012-02-01T12:07:13.906-06:00It is. Brody acts with his face a lot, and that...It is. Brody acts with his face a lot, and that's more what I noticed about him in this film. <br /><br />I'd like to watch this again in a year or so. Polanski is always worth a second look in my opinion, but there are still miles to go before I sleep.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-59233022732406351882012-02-01T11:34:51.830-06:002012-02-01T11:34:51.830-06:00Last summer when Simon and I were recording The Fi...Last summer when Simon and I were recording The Film Locker podcast, I rewatched this one for the Roman Polanski episode. Despite owning a copy of the dvd, it had been eight years since I last gave it a look.<br /><br />I was taken aback by the serious amount of craft going on in this film - how well shot so much of it is and well-constructed damned near every scene is. It felt so original despite the fact that it was one of the last dogs to the bowl where holocaust films are concerned.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed this character piece, sort of easy to see hoe Brody won his Oscar now ain't it?Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-52943442381598932462012-02-01T00:43:36.629-06:002012-02-01T00:43:36.629-06:00Great write up. I've always wanted to see the ...Great write up. I've always wanted to see the Pianist, partly because I play a little, though I know of course that it isn't about the piano per se.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175638828147935702noreply@blogger.com