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Friday, February 14, 2003 Movie for Valentine The pianist is not a movie for Valentine: there is no romantic love, there's no romantic story, there is even no romantism. But when I finally can kidnap my workholic husband to cinema with the excuse of celebrating the lovers' day, I have to choose the one on top of my all-time list instead of a real valentine movie, like "How to lose a guy in 10 days" or "Daredevil". And it turns out that is a choice I will not regret, neither would Bin regret for a night not facing his computer. Let's get back to the movie. It is riscky to abandon any romantism in a movie about a war; there is no patriotics or heroics, actually everytime the pianist survives comes with tragic spare of other lives; there is no fancy photography, innocent people died even not in slow motion; a movie about a musician has no background music at all at most of the time. I guess the idea here is that there is no romantism at war, when human life is a worthless piece of nothing, human dignity is even cheaper than a rotten potato, all artistic ideal is just delusion. Yeah, the gorgeous, aristocratic German officer saved the pianist under the spirit of humanity and love of art, but it did not change his fate as the prisoner in Russian camp. Look how sleazy and humble he became when he tries to ask for help. A war is a tragedy of the whole human being, and the chance is equal for everyone. The move pounds your heart with its depiction of realistics of the cruelty of war and the deprevation of humanity and dignity. And we have the right actor for the leading role, his innocent, sad and blue eyes took our breath away. The movie should be played in more theaters during current anti-war campaign. There are not many things around more educational than this one. The message: Don't hold any fantasy on any war; a war is a war; it means killing and being killed, both of which deprives the meaning of being human being. My anti-war slogan? Respect other's dignity and respect yourself. posted by lmeimei @11:10 PM| permanent link| | |
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