daily life behing the Iron Curtain

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Thu Jan 30 18:37:21 PST 2003


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> > It's amazing for someone who grew up hearing the most hysterical cold
> > war propaganda to read these tales from Woj of daily life in Poland
> > and from ChrisD of the kids in Komsomol drinking, flirting, and
> > listening to Pink Floyd. Has anyone done anything on daily life under
> > formerly existing socialism?
>
> I am not sure if there is market for this kind of stuff. Milan Kundera
> is what comes to mind. But I think interest in this type of literature
> waned, losing ground to the Western-boys-doing-Eastern-Europe variety.

What do you think of cinema in Poland (or Russia and Eastern Europe)? e.g. Wajda's films.

Ulhas

Ulhas



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