So this film was made as it had got to be made ! ! !

The Pianist (2002) directed by Roman Polanski

It is a rather strange Jewish tradition that willingly or unwillingly all Jewish film makers direct films about the holocaust experience. This may be an easy way to get close to Jewish heritage,legacy and repay the debt owned to the community but what is more important to know is that a Jewish person making a film about holocaust would guarantee immediate success.So whether it is Spielberg or Polanski, Jewish filmmakers have made films about the terrible Jewish experience during holocaust days.In the case of both these directors they have made their respective holocaust films after having found money and popularity with other films.So more than a matter of creative task,it was more of a communal obligation for them to make an holocaust film. It is only in this context that one must consider The Pianist.This film is just plain OK nothing great or spectacular as everything can be foretold beforehand such as atrocities,suffering and ultimately liberation.The choice of Adrien Brody as the pianist is a good one as he carries the film single handedly on his shoulders.There is no other good reason which can justify the goodness of this film.

Life is beautiful as to make it smart as everything depends on your attitude.

La Vita è bella (1997) directed by Roberto Benigni.

"Life is beautiful", is a film about that brief period of Nazi rule in Italy due to which many ordinary Jewish people had to endure enormous hardships. Although it is a film about Nazism, it is quite different from other films of the Nazi film genre like Schindler's list. It is more of a film about comic romance, laughter, optimism and how to keep one's sanity intact when one finds oneself in a difficult close to death kind of situation. This film ran into trouble as many leading filmmakers protested against what they called "making mockery of a serious issue like holocaust". According to Godard it is hard to believe that life could have been beautiful for anyone in a concentration camp. Life is beautiful is divided into 3 parts: carefree life, period of hardships and a harmless game with a kid. Roberto Benigni and his wife Nicoletta Braschi excel in all these parts. It is the star kid Giorgio Cantarini who shines in the last part. In a way,it can be said that the film succeeds because of his innocent behavior with which he carries himself through his entire stay with his father.