I have been avoiding watching this for years and I'm not really sure why, it's a masterful film.
Set in Poland during Hitlers rise, Oskar in protest against his family, society and the world at large decides never to grow up and whenever any situation disagrees with him bangs a tin drum defiantly or emits a loud glass shattering scream.
A symbolic film if ever there was one, you can dig in if that's your thing but I let it wash over me for the most part just enjoying the amazing cinematography and the many beautiful and unsettling images such as Oskar's mother force feeding herself fish or Oskar licking lime fizzing powder off his young crushes belly button before going down on her.
There's only very oblique allusions to what was actually happening to the Jewish people in the camps but the rising dread culminates in the defense of the Polish post office, the first battle of the invasion of Poland.
The actor who plays Oskar is incredible. He was only 11 when he played this part and kicks the ass of Anna Paquin also 11 who won an oscar for her performance in The Piano. Be warned, his character is extremely difficult to like however that's part of the dark magic of this film.
YES - One human voice is a powerful weapon whether it be in defiance or leading a nation towards a heinous action.
