简介：Rodrigo,afilmdirector,intendstomakeafilmabouttheConquestinaremotevillageintheBolivianaltiplano.Initiallyreceptivetotheidea,theIndiancommunitylivingtherereactsviolentlywhensomelocalwildlifeisdestroyed.PararecibirelcantodelospájarosisalittlemoresubtleinitsportrayalofculturalconflictthanSanjinés'searlierfilm,YawarMallku—whereviolenceisseenastheonlylegitimateresponsetowesternculturaldomination—foritnotonlyshowsthatnotallthatiswesternisbad,butitevenhighlightsnegativeelementswithinAndeanculture.Mostimportantforthisdiscussion,Pararecibirelcantodelospájarosplayswiththefilm-within-a-filmconventioninheritedfromHollywood,butitsometimestricksthespectatormakinghimunsureastowhetherasceneispartofthefilmorpartoftheeverydayrealityofafilmcrewfromLaPazintheAndes.Underlyingthesceneinwhichtheproducer,PedroBarrón,emergesfromthepitinwhichhehasbeentrapped,andseeshisConquistadordoublewalknonchalantlypasthim,isthecrucialnotionofself-consciousness.Pedrorealizesthathisroleasfilmproducerinthelatetwentiethcenturyisare-enactmentof'his'roleasConquistadorintheearlysixteenthcentury.Thespectatorisdrawnintothisplaying-offoftwotime-continuums,andineffectachievesadouble-consciousnessinwhichhecanseeAymaraculturefromwithinandalsofromwithout.　　Aheavy-handedallegorybyaveteranBolivianfilm-makerabouttheracismendemicinhiscountryandthemoreuniversalinabilitytolearnfromhistory.ItopenswithmaskedconquistadorslinedagainsttheAndeanaltiplanoskyline,asamainlymestizofilmcrewtrackupthehilllikeAguirre'sinvadingarmyinHerzog'sWrathofGod.Thusbeginsaseriesofbroadparallels,culminatinginasiege,wherebythecrew,assailedbytheIndiancommunity,almostresorttotheuseoftheancientharquebusesintheirpossession.ThesongofthetitlereferstothebirdsoftheIndians'annualmusicfestival:thecrewshootthemforsport.Beautifulscenery.…