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◎Translated name pianist/pianist
◎The Pianist
◎The year 2002
◎Country Poland/UK/France/Germany
◎Category Biography/Plot/War /Music
◎Language English/German/Russian
◎Subtitle Chinese
◎IMDB rating 8.5/10 (46,626 votes) top 250: #46
◎IMDB link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/
◎File format RMVB
the X-416 video size ◎ 800
◎ file size 3CD
◎ Running time 150 minutes
◎ director Roman Polanski • Polanski Roman
◎ • starring Adrien Brody (Adrien Brody)
Thomas • Kelaicheman
Frank • Finley
Maureen Lipman. ..... Mother
Emilia Fox ...... Dorota
Ed Stoppard ...... Henryk
The Polish director Roman Polanski, who has been compared with Hitchcock by the world and known as the "master of evil," released his work "The Ninth Gate" in 1999, which fell silent for three years and finally regrouped in 2002. By directing "The Pianist", he turned the tide and achieved unprecedented success...The
film "The Pianist" not only helped Roman Polanski win the "Best Director" of the American Film Critics Association and the Boston Film Critics Association; it also won the 56th edition. "British Academy Awards (BAFTA)" "Best Picture" and the 75th "Oscar Awards" "Best Film", "Best Director" nominations; finally live up to expectations on May 27, 2002 The 55th "Cannes International Film Festival" won the highest honor in one fell swoop-the "Palma d'Or" award.
When talking about Roman Polanski, in addition to his perverse style (such as: bitter and surly humor, strong dramatic tension, thriller elements, etc.) that can compete with Hitchcock, there are also from Steven Spielber There are various rumors about Ge and his work "Schindler's List", which won the "Oscar for Best Picture." After the film was awarded, it almost mobilized the curiosity of people all over the world for a while, and everyone couldn't wait to gain insight into his mutilated childhood under the hunt of the Nazis. Since the 1990s, people have spent almost ten years. Let’s talk about this master director in 1969, from the murder of the American actress Sharon Tate by the notorious cultist Charles Manson in 1969 to the alleged rape thirteenth in 1978. From the case of the year-old girl to escape from the United States and settle in Paris, France... Roman Polanski seems to have always been a "topical person" that has attracted much attention.
"Topic", "Master of Guilt", and Roman Polanski, who claims to be the "playboy of the film industry" because of the wide range of subjects involved, won the French "Caesar Award" for the film "Tess" filmed in 1979. Best Director", Los Angeles Film Critics Association "Best Director", the 38th "Golden Globe" nomination for best director, and the 53rd "Oscar Awards" nomination for best director has been going downhill, even He has been criticized by many film critics many times, and the films released are often criticized. It was not until 2002 that the blockbuster "The Pianist" brought him back to his original heyday, and the 148-minute "Pianist" "as the 55th session of the" Cannes international film Festival "entries in the longest one, which shows how heavy Luo Polanski injection of energy and sustenance of hope and strong ......
film" the pianist "in World War II to Poland With Warsaw as the background, he tells the story of a genius pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman (Wladyslaw Szpilman, played by Adrian Brody) because of his Jewish origin, and suffered all kinds of humiliation and death threats. Hiding in Tibet in the east, relying on the help of friends to flee the day in fear, finally escaped the crazy killing with the help of a German officer and ushered in the dawn of freedom.
The film is based on the autobiography of Polish pianist Valladyslaw Spearman, written by the British playwright and screenwriter Ronald Harwood, who wrote the 56th Oscar Award for best film "Life in Drama". Adapted from "The City". Spearman was born in 1911 and showed his talent for piano since he was a child. A few years later, he was sent to Berlin for further study. In 1933, his first solo concert was highly praised by the European music industry. After returning home, he became one of the youngest pianists in Poland. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. As a Jew, Spearman’s life was seriously threatened. His parents and relatives were sent to concentration camps one after another; he was forced to start a life of fleeing. With the help of friends, hiding everywhere, waiting for rescue, the shadow of death is always with him. Until a German military officer who loves music was moved by his piano music, he decided to take the risk to protect the young musician. Under his protection, Spearman survived until the end of World War II. After the war, he wrote this experience into his autobiographical novel "The City of Death", which was published in 1946. However, because the book described the distrust of Polish Jews in the Soviet Union at the time, it was banned by the Soviet Union. It wasn't until the 1990s that the book was reappeared, renamed "The Pianist" and re-released in the United States, making it into the New York Times bestseller list in one fell swoop.
Because of the description of the Jewish Quarter in Warsaw, this film is naturally linked to Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. In this regard, we have to admit that the two do have the subject matter involved. Certain similarities, but due to the difference in narrative styles, people will not feel there is any repetition. Compared with Spielberg’s black and white narrative main theme, and the image highlighted in red, Polanski is colorful The color room emphasizes on depicting a bleak and cold tone that is so cold to the bones. Ten years after refusing to direct "Schindler's List" several times in 1993, Polanski finally summoned the courage to narrate this painful period of history, and faced it entirely with his personal life experience and insights. This history: "This is the most important work in my creative career. Emotionally, it cannot be compared with any of my past works, because it brings me back to the era that I still remember." And his insights His talent is not inferior to Spielberg. He always maintained a seemingly peaceful and objective attitude in the painful recounting of the Nazis' crazy behaviors, and he simply expressed the various evil deeds of the Nazis on film. This straightforward technique tempts us to stick to the screen and images involuntarily, feeling the unforgettable cruelty and fear time and time again. We see the pervading terror, and at the same time, we are deeply aware of the majesty of history. All of a sudden, As if I was on the scene, I understood hopelessness and despair...
When the old man who did not wear the armband as required by the broadcast was beaten and insulted by the Nazi officer on the street, what did his humble silence under his old face bring you? What kind of feeling? Deserted streets, indifferent pedestrians, whether the cold in Xiao Ran's atmosphere has attacked your nerves, causing your sensory cells to be placed in an ice cave; when a paralyzed old man was taken in a wheelchair just because he could not stand up and salute When throwing downstairs together, did the cold current of the winter night also seize the opportunity to get into your body and make you shudder; while in the sunny square, the hoarse cry of women deposited in the bustling crowd, when She said: "I suffocated my child... Why should I do that..." When the dark crowd turned a blind eye, will their cold faces under the sun create a sense of alienation-they will sun Covered, captive and left warm, leaving you alone in a cold abyss facing the grief of women, lonely and helpless... If we continue, I will be surrounded by an unprecedented huge and strong cold current, freezing quickly and moving. No.
And Varadislaw Spearman is the mainstay of this "cold current", he himself is shrouded in a huge haze, involved in this devastating catastrophe, wherever he goes, he is filled with death. The breath, he himself is transmitting the power of cold. However, his resistance to fate brings us hope. His idea of survival inspires us to have positive beliefs. When we observe his arduous fate, we feel the fragrance outside of the gunpowder. It is precisely because of the interweaving of these scenes. It seemed to us in a daze that we saw the other shore of happiness, a country of freedom, with warm sunshine and fragrance of birds and flowers, and joy flowed between his fingers-the black and white world bloomed one after another beautiful flowers, Our pianist flicked his fingers like an enclave, playing clouds and running water, making the black and white world dazzling and colorful.
Although the threat of life has never been eliminated, and the artillery fire has continued to noisy the peace of the world, but from the night Spearman escaped from the concentration camp, we learned that even the heavy snowfall of goose feathers can no longer freeze our hearts. Our hearts were rescued from the ice cave by this strong and unyielding giant after suffering the zero-cutting of the ice skates again and again, warming up a little bit.
With a slender figure, black hair, and a slightly weak appearance, Adrian Brody played this shape to the fullest when he played Varadislaw Spearman. Without rough outlines and hard faces, the gentle and elegant Adrian made the image of a down-and-out artist lifelike, without excessive expressions and complicated movements, and a kind of artistic connotation and artistic accomplishment would be gushing in every gesture. It seems that the artist’s mental outlook is conveyed through those slightly shy and sluggish eyes. Through those eyes, we not only truly saw the panic and disappointment in the war, but also Forbearance of mature artists. It is still unforgettable that Spearman's sad eyes turned up and down quickly when he watched the people next to him fall. It contains far more than the thoughts and feelings expressed through physical actions. Those eyes seem to have been given by God. The special definition is the same, interpreting the erratic and dynamic complex inner activities, filtering all the sins, accepting all the grievances, and fascinating longing.
A desolate dog-like exile, severely grasped by hunger and death, he has a pair of eyes to resolve all disturbances, he is the incarnation of art, and he defends his integrity at the moment when the whole world is looted and killed. Adrian's rich acting career has created his special experience of art and has fed him his leisure. In the process of shaping the pianist Spearman, his every move looks like it is driven by instinct. It does not matter. Not slow, not rushing, not slow, and there is no such thing as acting. Except for the hands that fly quickly with the rhythm, there is no need for any other fierce movements. He, Adrian Brody is Varadislaw Spearman!
Roman Polanski constructed a special and exquisite stage amidst artillery fire and gunpowder. Adrian Brody was on the stage like a free fish swimming freely. The lights and background were rendered by death and blood. Dance In the radiant rays of light, the person crosses the barrenness, exhausts the fragrance, and indulges in self. The magic of the movie "The Pianist" lies not in the protagonist's legendary encounters, but in the exquisite combination of narratives. While expressing a private life, it also immortalizes the luster of art.
Through the analysis of the film, it is not difficult to understand Polanski's special ability to grasp expressionism, so what exactly does this "Pianist" express?
A realistic story about survival? Or a romantic story about the resurrection of humanity when a murderer turns into a savior? Both, or neither.
Perhaps the most attractive sentence in the concise and concise synopsis is the phrase "I escaped the madness with the help of a German officer..." right? However, in the 148-minute film, the great German officer did not make his debut until about the 120th minute. There was no sympathy between him and Varadislau Spearman, no exciting rhetoric, nor Without any promise, there are only a few simple questions and a few concise questions and answers, and then they turn around and leave. There is no heroism, no sacrifices of warriors, and some help only when they are safe.
But why would a German military officer feel compassionate towards a Jew? It is only a piano piece that eases this state of absolute hostility. It is Chopin's "The Ballad No. 1" in G minor. What do you hear in it? Profound and long sighs, complaints about the loss of loved ones, the motherland, crying on the ruins, pain, shame, fear... These notes flew into the battlefield, dissolved the gunpowder smoke, and finally turned into tears and fell on the ruins... ——This
arrangement Not only did it not weaken the narrative power of the subject, but it also embodies the human nature that is gradually sublimated under the influence of art. In the most dangerous moment, music defeated evil and awakened conscience!
The director Roman Polanski used the technique of "getting to be caught" when dealing with elements outside of the theme of the film. Throughout the film, Varadislau Spearman was given the title of artist and pianist. , But there is no scene or line of dialogue to reflect his attitude and cognition of art, and even Spearman, who is the youngest talented pianist in Poland, the prestigious Spearman, has been deprived of the right and opportunity to play. ——It was the trampling of people by war. Living in a friend’s apartment, there was a melodious piano sound next door, but our pianist was sitting alone in front of the window, stroking the keys, but this piano seemed to be dumb. There was no sound; the carpet search carried too much danger and swept across Poland. Spearman lost the right to play when he was on the run. He stroked the keys of the piano without making any sound or expression. , It’s just that pair of melancholic eyes are silently expressing; as viewers, what we see in the eyes without the light is the sorrow and the speechless sorrow that we endure...Here, under the smoke of gunpowder, Amid the roar of artillery fire, the piano was dumb, the music was dumb, and the art was abandoned.
I often can’t help but speculate: Polanski chooses a musician’s biography as the blueprint for the movie, but he turned his back on the story without following the text, and hurriedly took a seemingly vital plot to lightly overstate. What is your intention?
Fighting for war, no artistic classic dialogue, no daring chivalrous tenderness, Polanski discarded one after another shining subject worthy of the book, like a stubborn cow, immersed himself in the straight narrative trend, and discarded it. The legendary color of gold glittering, walks an ordinary road without distraction. Thinking about it this way is inevitably disappointing. However, it is the gap at this time of disappointment that reminds us to pay attention to another aspect: the most holy art and the most pious worship hidden in it-the Jewish pianist’s music has influenced the German military officers! Think about it carefully: In today's materialistic world, countless people are impetuously holding a curious heart to seek simple and equally impetuous satisfaction, and scorn the real art, just like the insult to art by war in the film— —This is also even more chilling and sad...
Polanski spends a lot of energy just to set off the depression in the troubled times, and the ruin-like city rejects art. However, at the most critical and critical moment, our director fell from the sky with music and saved a desperate heart. Rethinking: The diversity of today's society has stimulated people to the greatest extent and made them fall into madness. What should we do to save our hysterical heart? !
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