Talk:The Zone of Interest (film)

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"Höss approves the design of a new crematorium, which soon becomes operational. Höss notices human remains in the river. He gets his children out of the water and sends a note to camp personnel, chastising them for their carelessness." The note he sends to camp personnell is about them damaging the flowers around the camp, not the human remains in the river. The reason he gets the children out of the river isn't stated explicitly, but I think it's implied that he's afraid of residual toxicity or pathogens in the water - he had expected he had taken the boat far enough upstream and was surprised to find remains even there - rather than carelessness regarding the disposal of the remains themselves, one of the kids is seen playing with human teeth in an earlier scene. Fisk0 (talk) 00:48, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree- this section could be reworded. His discovery of human remains in the water and his warning the camp personnel over their carelessness with the 'lilacs' is unrelated, and the synopsis should not imply that they are. Choc761 (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meanwhile, a Polish servant girl at the Höss villa sneaks out every night, hiding food at the prisoners' work sites for them to find and eat. I believe this to be incorrect- nowhere in the film is it implied that the girl seen in the night vision sequences works at the Höss villa, and the film's screenplay identifies her as a separate character to the servants we do see working there. Choc761 (talk) 16:25, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

why is there no mention of the directors oscars speech 2003:F1:1702:60C4:A9C9:5596:7F86:5CEF (talk) 07:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the Synopsis section of this article, prior to the sentence "Back in 1943, Höss continues downstairs without retching and descends further into the darkness," shouldn't we add a mention that, directly following the scenes of the modern-day Auschwitz camp museum being cleaned, the Höss character briefly breaks the fourth wall and looks directly into the camera (i.e., us/the future)? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 07:12, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does he? He is a rather small and somewhat distant figure at that point and so, hard to tell. CatNip48 (talk) 19:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To add to this article: this film's budget. It was US$15 million, right? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 14:42, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly is the "coded note" referred to in the Synopsis section of the current version of this article? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 18:53, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. I have just seen this film this very evening and I have difficulty relating my memory of it to several things written here. Are we to assume his missive to the SS about only picking flowers in the camp if they can do it cleanly, not allowing them to "bleed", supposed to be the "coded message"? I must say, it doesn't make obvious sense to me. CatNip48 (talk) 19:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]