Powerful movie about survival and the duality of man

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2020)

I like seeing this side of WWII, when the Jewish people we're still going about there business right before everything went to hell. It's almost impossible and inhuman the way these Nazi's treated the Jewish people, almost as if they we're animals. That dancing scene was degrading. I love the way Polanski tackles this topic. It's almost like when you become used to the chaos like the dead body on the side of the pavement and everyone just kind of weaves around without thinking too much about the fact that it's a dead body since they're so used to it. He does an amazing job at painting it like a living nightmare. One in which everyone has learned to live in. As brutal and bleak as this movie is, Polanski always finds ways to sneak in a laugh or two and I love it. His approach is pretty cynical to the whole thing. I mean being in a situation like that, what else can you feel? Amazing movie filled with emotion and depth.