The Pianist

What can I say for this movie that hasn’t been said already obviously this film is devastating, from the painful story itself to the harrowing imagery. I fully understand how this came to be one of the saddest movies of all time. The Pianist follows the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a polish-jewish pianist who hides from the nazis amid world war 2. The writing in this movie is exceptional, every second of this film gives you a fraction of the pain that jews felt during world war 2. the cinematography in this film is also some of the best i’ve seen all year, it is truly impressive how this film captures the absolute destruction in Poland during this time.  Watching this with my mom was definitely an experience as the loss of family is a huge theme in this story. I can’t give this film any justice with what I could write for it, but I will say this. The Pianist was a heavy watch, it showed the raw true story of a Jew surviving the holocaust. It didn’t resort to a cheap melodrama, it actually focused on a complex real story that was heartbreaking by itself. It also shows how Szpilzman’s descent into only looking for his survival. Isolation is a terrible thing to go through and it was beautiful but at the same time heartbreaking seeing how the power of art affected Szpilzman’s will to live.