Tuesday 24 February 2009

the pianist (2003)



roman polanski's oscar winning film boasts perhaps my favourite oscar winning performance of modern times, in the shape of adrian brody. having not seen the film for quite some time, it was with the recent oscars in mind that i looked to ''the pianist'' again. as iv grown older the attrocities on display have grown to shock me even moreso than they did when i was younger, and some scenes in "the pianist" feel genuinely hard to stomach. and while brody's performance is a tour-de-force, some of the supporting performances fall fairly flat (the early scenes within the family home feel like something out of an enid blyton tale). all in all though, it is a great film, with adrian brody genuinely affecting in his role and a deserved winner of the best actor oscar.

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