Sunday, April 19, 2020
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Synopsis
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert
and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's
approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then
submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is
severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in
theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student
with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright
in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her
lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her
fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other
faculties?
