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The Pianist is the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who was one of the most accomplished muscians in Poland in the 1930s. This film does an excellent job of explaining why it became impossible for the Jewish people living in Europe to escape the Nazis and the plight of hundreds of thousands of Jews living in Warsaw. Post a reflective comment about the film.
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"The Pianist" was a very intriguing and captivating film. The scene that really got to me was when the Nazi's invaded the "homes" of the Jews in the ghettos. The moment when the Nazi's ask that family to stand and the grandfather in the wheelchair could not, they punished him by throwing him and his wheelchair over the balcony. We hear time and time again how brutal the Holocaust was but that moment epitomized it for me. However, I still believe that no person could truly understand the Holocaust unless they lived through it. Overall, I really liked the film and I am definitely going to rent it to see the ending!
By watching this film, the Holocaust was really put into perspective for me. I had the same question that Mr. Gallagher had when he was a child about why the Jews did not try to escape the Nazis in Germany. This film helped me understand more of what the Jews had to go through and why it was so difficult for them to escape. This film also made the Holocaust very realistic to me especially the scene when Wladyslaw Szpilman tried to save the boy who was dying in the streets. I am still shocked at the measures that the Nazis took to exterminate the Jewish population.
I thought “The Pianist” really showed why most Jewish people were unable to leave Germany. I also had the question of why the people did not try to escape. Now I know. I also thought that the movie showed how horribly the Nazis treated the Jewish people. It was horrifying.
The Pianist was a very moving movie. I always wondered why the Jewish people living in Europe did not leave before the war or during it. Now I know that once things started to get very bad in Germany, and people wanted to leave, it was too late. The movie also gave me a better perspective of the Holocaust and of the Jewish people.
The film, "The Pianist" was a very interesting, yet difficult film to watch. Some of the scenes, especially when we see the Nazis invading the homes of the JEws and pushing the elderly man off the balcony because he was unable to stand greatly affected me. Watching this film showed how brutal the Nazis were to the innocent Jewish people. I felt the film did an amazing job of showing how difficult it was for the Jews to leave Germany, and how quickly the Nazis were able to take over. I definitely think I will be renting this film to see the ending.
I agree with Laura's comment. I also feel that even though we were abel to watch the brutal acts done by the Nazis towards the Jews in this film, no person can truly understand the extent of horror from the Holocaust unless they lived through it. Films and movies we watch in class paint us an accurate picture of what life was like for the Jewish people during the Holocaust times but we still do not know the true feeling those Jews felt unless we lived through the Holocaust.
Watching The Pianist today in class made me very angry. I hated seeing all those innocent Jewish people being abused as if their lives were less significant than that of a farm animal's. I could not stand the scene when the Nazi's showed up at the Jewish household at night to kill the family. When I saw those Nazi's throw that elderly man over the railing I began to feel very angry at them. I could not believe people could do such a horrible act and then be completely fine with it. Then the Nazis took the rest of the family and made them run while they shot them all in the back. The Nazis treated the Jews less than animals. I found it to be very disturbing and it made me very angry to watch it.
I thought the film was a real wake up call about why people wouln't do anything to the Nazis. It also made me mad because when an old guy wasn't able to stand they decided to teach him a lesson by throwing him off the balcony. WHich didn't teach a lesson bcause they killed him. Also showed how hard it was them to get by and get money and also hard to try to escape. They even put many of them is such small plces they would be breathing onother people. They also could do whatever they wanted to the jews they would shoot them if people asked questions or talked backed to them. It made me mad how the Nazis killed many people and would just keep doing it.
I agree with Jenna that I had the question Mr. Gallagher had when he was a kid why wouldn't that Jews just try to escape.
This film was very well made and in a creative way showed how the rise of Nazi Power occurred, very fast. This movie had some very disturbing scenes that were painful to watch. A scene that is stuck in my mind is when the little boy is crawling through the hole while being beaten to death, this scene shows how poorly even children were treated and it stirred up some emotions while watching the film. Another scene that sticks out is the old man in the wheel chair being thrown out the window this was cruel and sickening to watch. I got a lot from watching this movie and saw how cruel life was for the Jewish people even before the concentration camps. I want to finish this movie for sure.
I was truly shocked by the casual violence and abuse the Nazis inflicted upon the Jews. It's hard to imagine how people could treat other people so horribly; this movie really personalized it and made it seem real. The scene that really stood out to me was when they threw the weak and innocent old man off the balcony, simply because he could not stand up. Then they made the defenseless family run as they shot them. The treatment of the Jews was just so brutal and inhumane.
I agree with what Jenna said about understanding why the Jews did not try to escape after seeing this film. Escape was impossible by the time things got really bad.
This film is showing exactly that the horrible and sad time to the Jewish people in Germany by the Nazi's holocaust. Although I watched this film twice, the story and the scenes in the film make me horrify and shock. I couldn't watch the scene that the Nazis kill the Jewish people with gun indiscriminately and especially, when the wheelchair man fallen down through the balcony by the Nazis. As like these scenes, this film shows the cruelty of Nazis well. I think this film is good film to know the Holocaust. This film is really interesting. I'm going to watch this film again with my family.
This film, out of all the films we have seen so far, has effected me the most. Seeing the man in the wheelchair dropped from the balcony, having those families run as they shoot them, seeing all the dead women and children just lying on the streets. It's terrifying seeing all of that and as I watched more and more as the Nazis beat and killed all these people I got a sick feeling. Just thinking about it is upsetting and knowing that it really happened like that, makes me so disgusted and sick.
I thought the movie was really sad. It was awful seeing how the Nazis treated the jews, like when the told the man in the wheel chair to stand but because he couldn't they threw him off the balcony. I don't know how i would of been able to survive if I was put in their shoes. It was also sad seeing all the dead bodies just on the ground around town and people walked by them like it was normal just because so many people were being mistreated. It was also sad seeing him have to leave his family, I want to know what happens in the end.
I agree with Erica they did an amazing job showing how the Jews were being treated and how hard it was for them to leave Germany. I also agree with Jenna it helped me understand better what they went through and it was really hard to watch.
I think this film has affected me the most out of all of them that we have seen so far. When the Nazi's pushed the older man off of the balcony because he was not able to get out of his wheel chair to stand up, made me very disgusted and sad. I could not imagine that people could do this. Also the scene when the Nazi's were driving away and they just drove over dead people like it was no big deal. It makes me sad to watch this film and know that this is what really happened back then.
I agree with Jenna that watching this film answered why so many Jews could not just escape Germany. This film showed me how hard it would have been to just leave Germany at this time. The wall that was built so the Jews could not get out really emphasized how hard it would have been for them to run away.
The film gave me a realistic understanding of how quick and effective the Nazi's were in their efforts to bunch the Jews together, and then ship them away. One scene that stuck in my head was when the Nazi soldiers go into the family's dinner (who we saw through the window) and kill every one of them. When they flipped the man in the wheelchair over the ledge, I felt sick to my stomach. Also, when the lady questioned a Nazi soldier about where they were going, she was simply shot in the head. I wonder how these people could go on with their day, or even their life, knowing that they just killed another human being for no reason. I'm lucky enough to be able to go to Poland next month and walk the very streets that the movie was based on. While I'm anxious to be able to explore the history and experience it all first hand, this movie further confirmed my thoughts of how disturbed I will likely be. I plan to watch the end of this movie as soon as I have the time.
"The Pianist" was rather powerful in its portrayal of Jewish life in Poland. I sometimes find it hard to take Hollywood's holocaust films seriously but I have watched several documentaries depicting life inside the Warsaw ghetto, namely "A Film Unfinished," which I recommend, and as I have seen the true conditions from primary sources, I can find it refreshing that the producers of "The Pianist" took the pains to accurately illustrate the world of the Warsaw ghetto and it feels easier to engage myself in the story when I can trust its agency.
This was definitely the most impactful movie I have seen so far. I could not believe the treatment these innocent Jews received. It was hard to watch the man being dumped out of his wheel chair: I can't imagine being in that scene, watching the nazis mercilessly killing my neighbors. Even though it was a movie, I was genuinely scarred for the Jews. I was amazed people could be so inhumane and kill Jews for no reason other than someone told them too. I had scenes stuck in my head for the rest of today and it is just horrific that such a thing happened in history.
Late
Since I have seen The Pianist before, I was aware of the extremely disturbing and unsettling scenes. No matter how many times I see the film, certain scenes always give me chills, and the thing that gives me the biggest chill, is that fact that the Jewish people could not save themselves. The leader of the country they live in had essentially made it okay for the Jewish people to be treated like dirt, and brutally attacked without it being a big deal. It's really depressing to see a religious group systematically eradicated just for what they believe in let alone having the government being the ones behind the mass extermination.
This movie made me truly realize the viciousness of the Nazi. Again one of the things we have talked about is how this isn't going to be another page that just gets flipped in a history book. the utter brutality of everyone towards the Jews is insane. the old man in the wheelchair who got tossed over the edge was gripping. I had no idea how bad it really was during this time.
After watching this film I was angry that all this had gone on and shocked. I honestly did not understand how the Nazis could do this to people. How they could just kill helpless innocent people without blinking an eye. I couldn't believe when they threw the man in a wheelchair over the edge and basically used a family as target practice. It was terrible to watch, I couldn't help but think of how incredibly strong these people must have been to make it through the holocaust. I want to see the ending but I really hope it is a lot happier than the beginning.
I agree with Andrew, I really never understood why the Jews didn't escape. I know have a much greater understanding for why they couldn't and it makes me feel even worse about the Holocaust. It opened my eyes that antisemitism against Jews was not only in Germany but even right here in America
The film "The Pianist" had me worked up inside. What the nazi officers did to innocent women and children realy got me worked up. They had no remorse whatsever and they just shoot and kill for stupid reasons. Especially in the scene where the officer shot the women in the head. He did it with no thought. I felt like I wanted to jump in the movie and start a rebellion against the nazis. I wanted to fight.
The scene that Laura described also was captivating to me. I took it personally for what they had done. I could not beleive that the officers had the audacity to do such athing. To go into someones home and throw an innocent old man over a balcony. I felt so angry I wanted to do something.
The movie was extremely shocking. It made me so sick I know that these things happened but it made it so hard to watch . The scene of throwing the old man over the balcony was horrible. The movie did an amazing job at portrayinh the horror of the situation the jewish people found themselves in . I wish this never happened it is horrifying
Absent
I still find it almost impossible to fathom such a world and the psychological conditions within such an environment. Seeing the crimes of the Nazis, despite even the documentaries I've seen, seem like urban legends. Thus, watching these acts humanized like this is a powerful experience.
I find it so difficult to fathom such a world and to grasp the psychological conditions of such an environment. Even with the documentaries I've seen, the crimes of the Nazis seem like urban legends. Thus, to see them humanized like this in "The Pianist" is a very powerful experience.
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