But who else would've been more suitable to play the role?
Danny glover?
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But who else would've been more suitable to play the role?
Danny glover?
Would have preferred a new face, but seeing that it's Freeman who wanted to make the film & pushed the script to Eastwood, it's futile to speculate..
Just got the opportunity to watch "The Pianist"
Roman Polanski is a freaggin Genius!! :clap: Few directors have the talent to Physically Remove the Audience from the current era and send them back to the era of the film.
Felt like I was an invisible spectator in Warsaw after the Nazi Invasion! :clap: :clap:
A few aspects of the movie which really touched me:
The War is Over... The Germans are retreating, and Wilm Hosenfeld played by Kretschmann, stands on the streets of Warsaw, looking at the destruction which the Germans are solely responsible for... It always interests me to think what will be going through the minds of a German Soldier or SS Officer at that point.
And more than any other aspect of the film....the main reason why I loved this film so much is because it kind of shows what a Nazi is thinking at this point of the war, after the entry of Wilm Hosenfeld. :clap:
The war had started with so much of Enthusiasm and Unquestionable Certainty of Victory under Hitler. The end of the war was supposed to result in: "More land for German Expansion, A German Population which is Hyper Patriotic, Nationalistic, Sophisticated, and Of Course, the Superior Group in Europe when it comes to Culture, Heritage, Genetics etc etc."
Such an elaborate Vision, and it seemed like any sacrifice was Justified for the Accomplishment of this Vision for a Great Germany.
Now...the war is over, everything has backfired, Germany faces another possible "Treaty Of Versille" which might make their economy Plummit into Oblivion once more...Not to mention the "Subconscious state of Germans involved in the War." Espicially Members of The SS which took care of most of the "Dirty Work" The Army was more into fighting The Allies than killing Jews. The SS took care of that mostly. What's going his mind at this point? Feelings of Overwhelming Guilt, Sorrow, Depression, Fear, and Regret. At this point, a German Captain, enters Szpilman's Life:
After just gazing at the destruction, The German Hapstrumfurher (Captain), runs into Szpilman inside the villa in which Szpilman has been 'Surviving.' Szpilman is trying to open a can of veges, and is caught by the Captain. The Captain with so much of....guilt...sympathy....astonishment... expressed through his eyes asks Szpilman to play the Piano after learning that he is a Pianist.
The German Captain listens, expressionless. The pale
moonlight shows him to be a handsome, elegant man.
Szpilman finishes playing.
Silence.
Somewhere, a cat mews. Distant burst of rifle fire.
The German Captain stares at Szpilman. After a moment:
THE GERMAN CAPTAIN
Are you hiding here?
Szpilman nods.
THE GERMAN CAPTAIN
Juden?
Long pause. Szpilman just stares at him.
THE GERMAN CAPTAIN
Where are you hiding?
SZPILMAN
(in German)
In the attic.
THE GERMAN CAPTAIN
Show me.
in the last 2 days, I've seen this movie 5 times. :clap:
My List for Best Nazi Movies now goes like this:
1. Downfall
2. Schindler's List
3. The Pianist
4. American History X
5. Valkyrie (I like this movie, but not that much because it is a little Bias. The Charecter played by Tom Cruise "Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg" is shown to be this Catalyst who will stop all of these Injustices done to the JEWS by Hitler's SS, and stop Germany from Economic Destruction etc, but in reality, Stauffenberg was an Anti-Semite!! Which is never mentioned anywhere in the movie at all. Sure, he didn't believe in Exterminating Jews from the Face of Europe! But he did believe in "Keeping them in their place" and posing Economic and Cultural Restrictions on them. The movie conviniently forgot about that aspect of The German Army Colonel. :roll:
6. The Rise of Evil (Historically Inacurate, and full of Biased Anti-Nazi Material, not a good source for History, but still quite an interesting watch.)
7. Saving Private Ryan - A good movie from an American Soldier's Perspective. :)
I don't want to include movies like "the Dirty Dozen" or "Inglorious Basterds" because they're not really History...
More ever, I like movies which explore the Psycological Aspects and Mental Climate of the Nazis in various points of the existence of the National Socialist ideology...
There any other good Nazi Movies? Please lemme know.... :)
American History X is American neo-Nazi, and much different from a Nazi film.
It's still a Nazi Film, just not a film abt German Nazis. Neo-Nazis are still Nazis.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
What's the name of this movie?
2 Jews get married, the next day they are moved to Concentration Camps. After the war is over, they find eachother again....My frnd told me this story, but couldn't recall the name. He said its a good movie.
[.REC] good :thumbsup:
Murder by Death - Nice spoof over murder mystery movies and characters. Enjoyable :D
Food Inc. :thumbsup:
Must watch for people living in America.
Then you might like 8 below & Hachiko too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kambar_Kannagi