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Rating: Q=7, P=5 / Can't Get Enough
Scale 1=4, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=2
Holocaust, WWII, Disturbing, Emotionally-Gripping, Biopic
One of the things I love about film is the way our belief is suspended- how we can become so involved with the characters and how our brains seem convinced that everything we are watching is real. But when the story is over, it's over. The credits roll and we are reminded that cinema is an interpretation, a reflection, an artistic vision. Our belief can be suspended, but eventually it is resolved. This is no different considering films about the Holocaust, and for me this is makes watching them very difficult. The images are so vivid and usually disturbing, the stories always leave me with knots in my stomach. But the knots go away... perhaps too quickly. The Pianist is an intense film about a time of unthinkable acts. And it is especially intense because it is a biopic- Wladyslaw Szpilman really did live through the horrors. We should all watch it because we need to remember, even if only for a few hours.
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