The Pianist

The Pianist

Directed by Roman Polanski

Review by Aurora, Wang Yi

            This film is the only film let me lose my courage to watch twice. It is too heavy.

            Couple years age, Steven Spielberg gave the scenario of Schindler's List to Roman Polanski, but Roman Polanski refused to direct, because this part of history was too heavy for him. He can't bear to think of the past.

            Couple years later, Roman Polanski chose the fiction of The Pianist and show us in a film, because he found a power, which can let him and all of us walk out suffering. This power is not only for survive.

            In the film, we know the best pianist in Portland. He has not got any choice to be a suffer under atrocity of Nazi, because he is a Jew. He does not know why there is the war. He does not understand why the people kill others like they dust their coat.

            Then he meets a German officer in a broken house. The officer’s face can be the best represent of Nazi. The pianist’s untidy face can be the best proof of deprecation of Jews from Nazi.   The officer knows the Jew is a pianist and let him play the piano. For this music of piano, God saves pianist’s life and officer’s soul. The pianist is alive by officer’s food and coat; the officer gets the gratitude and pardon from others.

            We can say this film describe suffering on humanity rather than WWII. It is not a problem on whether WWII is the biggest suffering or whether Nazi is the darkness part of humanity. When we face the suffering, we like the people under suffering have no choices.

            The power of music is the exit of soul to let people have peace.