movie vs. book review of the Pianist

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Christine Adika

English 101

Professor Roth

April 1 , 2007

Directed by Roman Polanski , The Pianist is an outstanding emotion-filled film which brings us back to history when the German Nazi invaded Poland . Basically , the film is all about the struggles experienced by a Holocaust survivor in Nazi-occupied Warsaw in Poland The Pianist is based on the life story of a Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman , played by Adrien Brody , who is also a talented Jew musician who belongs to the well-off family in Poland . The Pianist is

an interweaved story of survival and complexity . The film also starred Emilia Fox , Michael Zebrowski , Frank Finley , and Maureen Lipman

The film started with Szpilman passionately playing his piano over a live radio recital - just while the German Nazis has invaded them just when bombs are exploding and people are dying in the area . The Szpilman belongs to a family who lived a comfortable and well-off life not until September 1 , 1939 - when the German Nazi started invading Poland . The Jews of Warsaw was brought in a ghetto , including the family of Szpilman . While his family was brought to a death camp , Szpilman escaped and survived the brutality . He hid in an abandoned building . As he stayed there , a German officer who shares the same interest as his in music became his friend . The German officer became the one who gave him food regularly . He lived underground until the Soviets arrived

Some say that Adrien Brody did not act well in the movie . They say that the actor did not display any kind of emotion that touched them . But I think Brody is portrayed his role well

Although , given with a relatively few lines in the film , managed to capture the emotions of

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the viewers , I think . He exactly depicted the role as I imagined it as read the book . It was no doubt he won the Oscar Best Actor award

The music of the movie , which appeared to be perfectly chosen , enhanced the setting and the mood of The Pianist . One example is the Chopin which he played during his live recital over the radio while bombs are exploding outside . Chopin represented his passion for music . Meanwhile the Nocturne in C-sharp Minor setting emphasized that the film is an historical account and . Its tone set the stage for the dramatic tone of the movie . The Moving to the Ghetto ' song also enhanced the film

The Pianist was based on a book written by Szpilman right after he was rescued by the Soviets which was originally titled as Death of a City It served as a diary of a Holocaust survivor in his days in hell . The film director was successful in bringing in to the viewers of the film the exact setting in the book . The film , through its cinematography showed the viewers the pain that the Jews had to endure . The plot of the film showed scenes as traumatic as the book had traumatic story in...