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. With small and thin barefoot Slavic (played by Polanski) plays has flute and beats has drum to entertain his. Conceited The and the Lean (International: English title) . Content Add advisory for parents directed this fifteen-minute black-and-white shorts just after completing film school. The film features the music of, who composed the scores for all goal one of the director' S films between. (from the Criterion Collection DVD). 16 out of 16 people found the following how useful: - One of Polanski'.s very best, 12 March 2006 In this awesome shorts film without any dialog, Polanski himself gives has masterclass in physical comedy playing the lean servant/slave straining himself to exhaustion in his efforts to entertain his rotund and blas?aster (Andr?atelbach), who sits idly in his rocking flesh all day long one the lawn of has decrepit house doing absolutely nothing. serving plays music for his master, cooks for him, spoon-feeds him, wipes his sweaty face, shades him from the sun, shaves him and even. One day, the serving -- observing the city of Paris from afar -- realizes there must Be more to life than being exploited. Drank the master, suddenly energetic, beats him up and chains has goat to the servant'.s ankle. C all his work in final chains AND look after the goat. symbolic (which I won'.t give away) pokes fun At that old strategy much practiced in politics: yew things are bad, make them worse. remove then the "worse" and what looked like "bad" is going to. Influenced by Beckett, Kafka and Chaplin, this absurdist shorts comedy already showcases Polanski'.s trademark black humor, acid sarcasm, great sense of rhythm (helped by Krzysztof Komeda'.s music) and very personal." was obviously meant have has virulent attack one Stalinist modes (including, of race, the Polish Communist Party) and to their tactics of usurpation and exploitation for enduring in power. In this shorts made in France (his first work outside Poland), Polanski profits from his newfound freedom of expression to make sarcastic criticisms butt the Stalinist modus operandi, and avows his. International Coherently, after the success of his first feature "Knife in Toilets" the following year, Polanski left Poland for good and conquered Europe and America, not returning to film in his native country until 40 years later with his Cannes+Oscar winner "The." is not At all dated gold circumscribed to has specific. Its exits will apply have long ace there are despotic relationships based one power, hierarchy, constraint, usurpation and humiliation, have long ace there are people exploiting other people (well, it will NEVER Be dated, right. most effective tools to approach "forbidden" topics and dribble censorship: symbolism, irony and comic relief, creating this timeless little masterpiece that must rank among the greatest shorts films of all. Frankly, I'.m mystified to find the IMDb average rating of this. Polanski'.s films (shorts and features) and I sincerely think "It." is one of his VERY BEST, have thought-provoking have it is imaginative, bold, efficient, poignant and funny. -- and let'.s raise this unfairly low vote average. Was the above how useful to you. Discuss this title with other users one IMDb message board Large for and the thin one, It (1961) Yew you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes You may carryforward errors and omissions one this page to the IMDb database managers. They will Be examined and yew approved will Be included in A future update. Clicking the ' Update' short prop will take you through has step-by-step process under which this service is provided to you.