Zagłada miasta. Warszawa w Pianiście Romana Polańskiego
The Annihilation of a City. Warsaw in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist This article is an analysis of Roman Polanski’ The Pianist, focused on presenting how the city space in this film, both its exteriors and interiors, makes it a story of Warsaw during the Second World War. The gradual destruction of...
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The Annihilation of a City. Warsaw in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist
This article is an analysis of Roman Polanski’ The Pianist, focused on presenting how the city space in this film, both its exteriors and interiors, makes it a story of Warsaw during the Second World War. The gradual destruction of the city is presented in two supplementary fashions. On the one hand, there is as a quasi-documentary reconstruction of the past based on literary (Władysław Szpilman’s diary) and visual (archive photographs and films) material, while on the other, there is a symbolic narration, where particular places and events bear hidden meanings. Next to Chopin and his music, the piano, interiors and city walls, the most meaningful symbol in the film is a monument of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, a statue standing in front of The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, a motif that appears in the second shot of the Pianist and returns three more times during the film.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d86dc5ad8be40049edd49cdfbbbfff72025-08-20T03:52:51ZengAdam Mickiewicz University PressImages1731-450X2720-040X2013-01-01122110.14746/i.2013.21.06Zagłada miasta. Warszawa w Pianiście Romana PolańskiegoMikołaj Jazdon0Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Katedra Filmu, Telewizji i Nowych Mediów The Annihilation of a City. Warsaw in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist This article is an analysis of Roman Polanski’ The Pianist, focused on presenting how the city space in this film, both its exteriors and interiors, makes it a story of Warsaw during the Second World War. The gradual destruction of the city is presented in two supplementary fashions. On the one hand, there is as a quasi-documentary reconstruction of the past based on literary (Władysław Szpilman’s diary) and visual (archive photographs and films) material, while on the other, there is a symbolic narration, where particular places and events bear hidden meanings. Next to Chopin and his music, the piano, interiors and city walls, the most meaningful symbol in the film is a monument of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, a statue standing in front of The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, a motif that appears in the second shot of the Pianist and returns three more times during the film. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/3578WarsawWorld War IIghettoHolocaustfilm spacedocumentary |
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