Best Scene From "The Pianist"
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Published 2011-04-22
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What made this so powerful was the fact that he was pretty certain the Nazi was going to kill him, so he performed it passionately as if it was going to be the last time he ever played anything. Him crying at the end signifies this.
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"Music is the only one language, the whole world understands".
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His body was broken but the fire in his soul remained.
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This scene is so cinematically powerful. That can of food on the left represents life, and Hosenfeld's cap on the right represents death, and all that stands in between are 88 keys and it's up to Szpilman to save himself. The piano is literally between life and death.
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"What's your name?" "Szpilman." "Szpilman? Good name for a pianist."
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1:22 His face really gives the emotion that he sees the pianist as a real person, someone who used to practice, someone who tried to make a living, someone who had a family to feed, but is now struggling to live while having no fault in the situation. It's sad to see people who just want to survive in life desperately try to survive in living. It's crazy to think how many talents were gone, all the brilliant minds and the creative souls wasted, all because of war and senseless violence.
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I would just like to say props to the piano that survived the chaos outside and remained tuned even though we see the instrumentist's breath!
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Frederic Chopin Ballade No. 1 Op. 23 in G Minor
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I wish there was more music and less war in our world.
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1:28 the moment everything became clear for this German officer. "How can we treat these people as subhuman?" His face says. "How can someone capable of producing such art be oppressed such as this?" God, what a brilliant film. Watched it in school as a kid and these scenes have stuck with me.
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In reality, Wladyslaw couldn't be more fortunate to encounter this particular German officer, as the officer in question is Wilhelm Hosenfeld. A high-ranking Wehrmacht captain who--unlike his peers--dedicated his life to help the Poles, the Jews, and other "enemies of the state" instead of persecuting or straight up executing them. Had it been any other Nazi, he'd have been shot on the spot. After the war, Captain Hosenfeld was captured by the Red Army, and such a selfless hero, comparable to the likes of Oskar Schindler, painfully died in Soviet captivity in 1952. He is now amongst the "Righteous Among The Nations", a honorific title given by Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save those who were from extermination during the Holocaust.
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Playing the piano literally saved his life
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This is one of the most passionate, amazing scenes in any movie. The Pianist is one of the greatest movies ever made in my opinion.
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This film is too powerful for words. This scene makes me cry unlike few others. This is a masterpiece.
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This single scene was the inspiration for me to take up piano lessons at the age of 37 after years of thinking about it, and I have been playing on-and-off for 17 years since then, and can play some of Chopin's nocturnes & preludes (and the funeral march of course), but haven't yet tackled this magnificent Ballade . I haven't had the courage & commitment but someday :-) I would say to anyone thinking about taking piano lessons -go for it! You're never too old and youtube is a wonderful reference for piano classic tutorials.
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I just love the officer's reaction to his playing. I feel as if he doesn't really believe the other man's ability to play the piano at the beginning. But then as the other starts playing, there is that look in his eyes, which, the way I see it, means: " What are we really doing?"
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As a pianist myself who is obsessed with Chopin, This was an incredible performance
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So sad Wilm Hosenfeld died in Soviet camp despied Szpilman and many trying to save him. His wife even wrote a letter to the officers. Another prisoner who was given a false identity by him also tried to help, but it was no use. At least he is being recognize today as righteous among the nations. ❤❤❤❤❤
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The moonlight shining on him make this scene much more beautiful.
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when the video is 8 years old, but the comments are only 2 days old.