After entering mid-December, "The Pianist" finally landed in North America, and as Ryan said, the film did not have a premiere, it was less than 500 theaters, and it was not worth spending millions of dollars on a huge premiere.

This is just a literary film with a limited audience.

On the night of the premiere, Ryan bought two tickets himself, and Charlize dressed as a masked man? Theron, taking advantage of the cover of night, walked into the box of a theater in Long Beach.

"It's not ideal from the theater to the gearbox." After sitting down, Charlize took off his disguise.

Their box was on the second floor, and Ryan looked down, and the attendance should be more than half, many of them were young people, obviously because they came to see the movie for themselves.

Hopefully they can stick to the end of the film.

This is what Ryan really thinks, although on his strong advice, Roman? Polanski compressed the film, but it was still more than two hours long, and I don't know how long the young people below the tunnel could hold on to such a long and dreary and cold atmosphere.

The reason why movies are loved by people and become the first-class entertainment in the world today is definitely one of the reasons why it can lead the audience to experience a completely different world, and the sense of substitution is the most important thing.

Ryan's Spearman, though the male lead, is more of a spectator, and the film depicts the misfortunes that took place in the Warsaw ghetto through what he saw and heard, describing the reality of that period with a surprisingly objective touch, almost to the point of coldness and precision.

Ruthlessness and objectivity run through the film from the beginning to the end, which will be the style that film critics appreciate the most, and this is also the place that affects the audience the most.

If it cannot be substituted, it will seriously affect the viewing effect.

Charlize? Theron is not Jewish, and she is indifferent to the history that once was, and she only focuses her attention on the people she cares about.

Of course, the only thing she wants to see is Ryan's pianist Spearman.

1939 year. The pianist Speeman, 27 years old, played every day on Polish radio, when World War II broke out, German shells hit the station, and the staff told him to leave, he shook his head because he had not finished playing that Chopin piano piece.

In the face of all kinds of difficulties, he resolutely said that he would die at home, but in the face of the pressure of survival, he could only bow his head.

He and the object of his admiration meet by chance on the street. wanted to ask her out, but he was helpless to the reality, he couldn't go into the coffee shop, the park, not even the street seats, and he had to go into the ditch when he walked.

He was forced to wear a big satellite armband, and in order to fill the stomach of his family and make a living, he could only sell his partner who had been with him for many years - the piano.

The whole family was herded into several high-walled ghettos, where he could only stand the ridicule of his brothers and the strange eyes of others. Sitting in a restaurant and playing the piano for those Jewish moths in exchange for a little bit of food has nothing to do with dignity. Just to survive.

He witnessed countless times the wanton abuse and massacre of Jews by the Germans, he used his piano hand to move bricks and dig potatoes, and he bowed his head again and again in the face of cold reality. It's also about survival.

After much torture, he escaped from the concentration camp and took refuge in the ruins of his apartment in Warsaw. Like a mouse, day and night do not see the light of day.

In order to live, he drank the muddy water in the spittoon, ate everything that could be used as food, and used all the conditions at his disposal, just to live tenaciously.

A Jewish pianist, for the sake of his life, can only temporarily give up art, from the core of society to be isolated and abandoned and annihilated, life and dignity in the face of the cruel war, it seems so helpless.

But he never gave up on life, never gave up hope, even though hope was so difficult and so far away.

Someone had hurt him, and someone had helped him, Jews, Poles, and Nazis.

A Jewish traitor who took refuge in the Germans saved his life in the end, but he could not hide his accomplice.

Charlize suddenly thought of the original book that he had read because of Ryan's interest, and understood that there were good and bad Jews, good and bad Poles, and German Nazis were also good and bad, and human nature had completely different performances in different times and places, and in the face of different objects.

The opening scene of the film seems to predict such an ending - when human beings are faced with the choice between art and life, they have to temporarily abandon romance and choose reality - there is no life, and there will be no art again.

Art seems weak and helpless in the face of war, like a trembling rose in the cold wind, although the beauty is still the same, but how long can this dying weak beauty last? She remembered a metaphor she had heard, that war and art were like guns and roses—even in the rain of bullets, roses could shrink and bloom, but how long could they survive in the cracks of artillery fire?

Eventually, he sat back down on Radio Warsaw, played the music, and it was as it had been yesterday.

More than two hours have passed, Charlize? Although Theron is an insider, she still likes lively young people by nature, and the slow pace and dull and cold style make her feel that more than two hours is so long.

Fortunately, there are still people she likes in the film, although the thin and thin appearance in it looks very worrying to her, but his sacrifice is indeed exchanged for a superb performance.

In this film, his performance is truly flawless, portraying an artist who has been under death threats for a long time and is under the pressure of fear.

In particular, there was a time when he hid in the center of the neighborhood in Warsaw, hiding in his room, he could not make a sound to make people aware of the people in the room, and when he was looking for food in the room again because of hunger, he accidentally broke a stack of porcelain plates, and the plates made a sharp and piercing sound of breaking, and then there was a fierce knock on the door, and he was constantly trembling because of the terror, and his eyes revealed a look of horror, that kind of overwhelmed, that kind of soul flew apart, which made people worry about him from the bottom of their hearts, shuddering, and painful.

Charlize only felt that his heart was being pulled for more than two hours, and kept praying that it would end soon, whether it was a movie or a war.

Although unfamiliar, she knows that the film has a strong Polanski personal style, and the director has tormented the audience from the beginning of the film, and it has never been warm until the end, and it is as cold as the streets of Warsaw in winter.

She also understands why Ryan is reluctant to invest more in this film, and it would be a miracle if such a film could achieve a high box office.

Charlize? Theron looked at the audience below, maybe there were people who quit halfway, definitely not many, maybe because of the theme and style of the movie, the audience's response was not very enthusiastic.

In fact, as far as she is concerned, abandoning the strong personal style and heavy subject matter of the movie, "The Pianist" is indeed not as wonderful as "Schindler's List".

In other words, it's too dull.

Judging from Charlize's own experience in the industry, the influence of this film may be far less than that of "Schindler's List", the order of birth is one thing, and whether it can attract the audience is the most important aspect.

Without an audience, a movie is nothing.

Perhaps subtly, she couldn't agree with Ryan's point of view.

"What do you want, dear?" Ryan pulled Charlize out of God? Theron, reminded, "We're almost gone, and it's time for us to leave." ”

"It's nothing, it's just that when I see the image above you, I don't think it's Ryan I love anymore." Charlize first armed himself as a masked man, and then put on sunglasses and a hat for Ryan, "I feel that you in the movie are even more miserable than the people who came out of the poorest slums in Johannesburg." ”

"When I was the thinnest, I fell below one hundred and thirty pounds." Ryan pulled her towards the outside of the theater, "At that time, except for the skin and bones, the whole person was out of shape. ”

"Your efforts will be rewarded." Charlize knows what Ryan's goal is, "You ...... this movie"

"No, no, Charlie." Ryan shook his finger, "Strictly speaking, this is Roman?" Polanski's films, don't look at them cold and dull, actually have a strong personal style and feelings. ”

Pulling the car door for Charlize, Ryan went around to the other side and got into the driver's seat, "Although I don't like it very much, I have to say that Polanski's perspective is objective enough." ”

After Ryan started the car and drove into the empty Ocean Drive, Charlize rolled into a microphone with one hand and sent it to Ryan with a smile, "So, Mr. Jenkins, what do you think the movie is about?" What are the profound themes? ”

"The film tells the story of a Polish pianist who was persecuted by the German Nazis......"

"That's it? Nothing else? Charlize waited for a long time, and didn't wait for Ryan's next words.

"That's it, am I not right?"

Of course, Ryan will not say this kind of thing to the media, and only when facing the closest people will he say what he really thinks about the movie in his heart.

He did put a lot of effort into this film, and many parts of the film have changed a lot from his previous life, especially the scene of Spearman playing the piano.

Ryan has excellent piano skills, and in all these shots he is in person, and Polanski is also a live recording, just for this reason, Adrian in his previous life? Brody can't compare to that.

With the release of "The Pianist," Ryan's team has the most important task of the awards season, to go all out to get a nomination for Best Actor, as for Best Picture and Best Director, they will also be reported, and if nothing else, these two nominations will also be in the bag.

However, the best film can try public relations, and the best director will depend on Polanski's own efforts. (To be continued......)