Well, it is a biopic, so you're kind of stuck with the guy's life on a story level. I think the "art" is more a collection of striking details. The most memorable parts for me are what characters see looking out of windows: the construction of the brick wall around the ghetto is really chilling; the shocking death of the old man in the wheelchair; scenes of the ghetto uprising, the Polish resistance--they're all seen like movies within the movie. The passivity of the main character is frustrating, but it's also the main reason he survived. That's not something most of us want to think about.
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- tom moody 3-01-2003 12:15 am