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Aro Recommended Pianist, The

 

UK / France / Germany 2002, 150 minutes
Dir. Roman Polanski
In English, German with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Drama / War, Classical Music

Topics: Period 1940s.

 

Aroview: Boldly visualised, fact-based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living a perilous existence in Warsaw.

Noted for the semi-autobiographical elements which dir. Polanksi brought to the tale, as well as his lucid, objective view of awful events such as the clearing of the Warsaw ghetto. Adrian Brody gives an Oscar-winning performance in the central role, conveying his plight with fine-featured, refined shock, and while the general territory has been thoroughly picked over by other filmmakers, this manages to de-familiarise it somewhat, with absurd, almost surreal details punctuating the action.

Cannes - Palm D’Or 2003

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DVD Features

  • cast and/or crew interviews
  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
  • 'making of' documentary / featurette
  • extra stuff
 

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