As I watched The Pianist, I thought of The Great Escape, and the epic saga of the blistering fear and team work, the dedicated efforts and the psychological cost and sacrifice depicted in the heart and wrenching guts of American soldiers attempting to free themselves, many who but gained their freedom, but only briefly. Here, though, in The Pianist, we find a talented individual who seems to drift, dazed by the chaos as his family, his friends, the Polish resistance dies. But as a testament to the human character, his person does not stand out compared to the boldness and strength of his music.