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World War II is hell (again) in ‘The Painted Bird’

The Los Angeles Times 17 Jul 2020
Around the third hour or so of “The Painted Bird,” a grueling, pristinely photographed compendium of wartime horrors, the camera unexpectedly alights on a small, precious act of human decency ... (IFC Films) ... This is a film of beautifully lighted compositions, muscular camera movements and immersive period scenery (the sets were designed by Jan Vlasák).
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‘The Painted Bird’ Film Review: Jerzy Kosiński Adaptation Is Gruesome, Poetic Epic of Inhumanity

The Wrap 16 Jul 2020
Kosiński’s 1965 book was a litmus test of sorts, first for the unvarnished brutality within its pages (killings, rape, torture, bestiality) ... Also Read ... Also Read ... Watch Video. ShortList 2018 ... The unsentimental approach is matched by Jan Vlasák’s hard, grimy production design and vividly lived-in costume work from Helena Rovná ... .
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‘The Painted Bird’: Venice Review

Screen Daily 03 Sep 2019
An abandoned boy witness atrocities throughout Europe at the close of World War II. War is brutal, and so, despite its good intentions, is , a film based on Jerzy Kosinski’s controversial book about a young Jewish boy who wanders through a rural Eastern Europe that has been ravaged and dehumanized by the horrors of World War II ... Producers ... Jan Vlasák.
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