I watched The Pianist last night. The Pianist is an account of the true life experience of a pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman (pronouced as Shpeelman), a polish jew, in freshly occupied Warsaw, at the beginning of WWII. Adrien Brody is excellent in his role of Szpilman. The cinematography, soundtrack, direction almost everything about this movie is awesome. The movie drags a bit in the middle but I guess thats a minor flaw or maybe it was supposed be that way so that the climax pulls back the viewer into it. It deserves a strong presence at the oscars '03.

I know some of you might hate me for writing this, but lets be honest here, the Holocaust was not the only genocide in the history of mankind. There have been genocides far and wide in the world, its just that the western world takes a apologetic view at the Holocaust and not at the others. Fortunately or unfortunately, the jewish community also has mastered the art of extracting the maximum mileage out of the Holocaust.At times I am sick and tired of these books and movies that keep coming out every couple of years, crying out loud how terrible the holocaust was, ok fine I know about it already...!!! What troubles me the most is that, we will never know the stories of the other genocides, because the people who suffered during those are not rich and are not expert lobbyists. But then films like Rabbit Proof Fence give me hope.