I'm surprised nobody has pointed out the Polish referendum of 1987, which took place in the same year as the story of this movie. The referendum signified a step from one system (communism) towards another one (capitalism, and/or perhaps nationalism), and it ties in with this movie perfectly.
The themes of this movie - unknowable future, deceit, betrayal, and reversal of the terrestrial/celestial order - resonate with the historical political upheavals developments in Poland. After struggling free from the yoke of USSR and communism, Poland embraced the total reversal of communistic values in the form of Western capitalism, which was seen as a liberator and the guarantor of a bright future.
The Polish honeymoon with the Western capital was short-lived, though. Today, Poland is an ultra-religious, nationalistic country that mistreats its minorities and accumulates god-like powers to its ruling parties. It's an apparent reversal again, as the nation is sloughing back towards communism-by-any-other-name. But the reversal and betrayal should not come as a surprise to anyone who's paid attention: while Soviet Union's communism was a vile, dehumanising political system, capitalism and its step-child nationalism are not less dangerous lords.
Thought-provoking horror movie which really puts the "gory" back in allegory!
The themes of this movie - unknowable future, deceit, betrayal, and reversal of the terrestrial/celestial order - resonate with the historical political upheavals developments in Poland. After struggling free from the yoke of USSR and communism, Poland embraced the total reversal of communistic values in the form of Western capitalism, which was seen as a liberator and the guarantor of a bright future.
The Polish honeymoon with the Western capital was short-lived, though. Today, Poland is an ultra-religious, nationalistic country that mistreats its minorities and accumulates god-like powers to its ruling parties. It's an apparent reversal again, as the nation is sloughing back towards communism-by-any-other-name. But the reversal and betrayal should not come as a surprise to anyone who's paid attention: while Soviet Union's communism was a vile, dehumanising political system, capitalism and its step-child nationalism are not less dangerous lords.
Thought-provoking horror movie which really puts the "gory" back in allegory!
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