Such beautiful black keys

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2001)

I'm a 17 years old German guy and sorry for my English, but I have to say what I have to say: Ok,when I saw the film at first, I hated him! Incredible, too old-fashioned and boring, I said. Then, a few days after, I watched "The piano" again: Love!
Such a masterful sensitive story! I saw that Ada was a mirror for me. Could be that this is the reason for my first dislike.(And please DON'T think: "He's a boy, he can't be like her"!!! I am just Ada(m)!!!)
Holly Hunter gives THE performance of all time. No other actress serves the Oscar so much like she does for "The Piano" (Yes, not even Kathy Bates).
Michael Nymans Pianopieces are not similar the music from 1850, but they are so suggestive. Why wasn't he nominated for the Oscar? Why?????
I needed two years to find out all of the notes and am so glad that I can play all of them on my beloved piano, now.
The costume-designing is pretty (not the Gone-with-the-wind-touch but very "true" styled: black, my colour).
If you like kitschy lovestorys like "Titanic" or "Shakespeare in Love", don't watch "The piano"! You'll not understand it. But if you have a taste and don't like the film at first, watch it again! It's a good piece of advice!
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At last: Jane Campion needed 10 years to write the screenplay for "The piano". 10 memorable years! This film mad another boy out of me, although I never was as "me" as after watching "The piano".
If you don't think so, you never had a soul!
Thank you for reading.