Talk:The Painted Bird (film)

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Not this Interslavic[edit]

Although the language used in the movie is sometimes called Interslavic in English interviews with the film makers (I heard it myself), it is not the Interslavic language linked in the article. There are several different invented "slavic esperantos" - the one really used in the movie is the Czech invented interslavic language called Novoslověnština (I am not sure whether an official English translation exists - a literal translation would be New Slavonic). There is an article in the Czech Wikipidia about this language - https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novoslověnština. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.30.239.17 (talk) 17:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are wrong about that. The articles Novoslověnština and Slovianski on WP:CS are both "sto let za opicemi", in other words: hopelessly outdated. The truth is that Novoslověnština (Neoslavonic in English) does not exist as a separate project anymore. In short, both projects merged gradually during the years 2011–2017, and in 2017 the last few differences in grammar remaining were eliminated. Since that time, there is only Interslavic (Mezislovanština), with Vojtěch Merunka and myself being its co-authors. The whole thing is explained here: http://steen.free.fr/interslavic/the_painted_bird.html. Cheers, —IJzeren Jan _Uszkiełtu? 10:53, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly Jewish[edit]

"Our unnamed protagonist, played by Kotlár with uncanny watchfulness, is not explicitly identified as Jewish or Roma" https://www.thewrap.com/the-painted-bird-film-review-harvey-keitel-stellan-skarsgard/ Xx236 (talk) 13:21, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"a boy who may be Jewish or Roma" https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/violent-scenes-cause-some-viewers-to-walk-out-of-holocaust-film-at-venice-festival Xx236 (talk) 13:24, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

It appears that the movie's title, The Painted Bird, is derived from a certain scene, where Lekh and the boy paint a baby bird's wings before releasing it. However, upon reuniting with the bird, the flock refuses to accept it and begins to attack it. Lekh laughs, seemingly deriving wicked pleasure of sorts from watching, whereas the young boy nearly cries as he picks up the dead bird after it falls from the sky.

"In nature, flocks of birds will attack any bird that is more colorful because being different is seen as a threat," is an opening line from an unrelated work, Wrabel's "The Village". Those painted as being different from the rest are feared and persecuted, which exceptionally captures the experience of many minority groups during the nazi regime, including our protagonist. I believe that this symbolism deserves a mention in the main article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.190.85.7 (talk) 14:04, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]