"The Pianist"

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the film, "The Pianist", directed by Roman Polanski. Specifically, it imagines every part of "The Pianist" that was violent or contained swear words was simply removed from the film. It looks at how censorship in film has always been a contentious issue, and with the advent of Clean Flix, the situation has come to a head. It attempts to show how, although "The Pianist" may contain brutal language and equally brutal violence, it captures the horrific viciousness of the period.

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"Artistic integrity versus "offensive" content. It is a difficult question for both sides to discuss, and whatever changes are made to a film; they constitute some kind of alteration and compromise. In the case of the film "The Pianist," the censoring of "offensive" content alters the meaning of the film, and alters its impact. "The Pianist" has a very important message about the brutality and hatred of the Nazis for the Jews. This is expressed in the extreme juxtaposition between the magnificence of the music and the viciousness of the Nazis. Removing all of the swear words in the film would also remove this juxtaposition, and make the Nazis seem less brutal and unforgiving than they really were."

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