Baidykle Filmas Jun 2026

Lithuanian film critic Saulius Macaitis once wrote: “The greatest enemy of Lithuanian cinema is not censorship but self-censorship — the internalized scarecrow.” By this, he meant that decades of Soviet scarecrow films trained Lithuanians to fear certain topics (nationalism, religion, capitalism, even humor). A healthy national cinema must first identify and dismantle its own internal baidykles.

Is every scarecrow film unethical? Not necessarily. Anti-fascist films during WWII used scarecrow logic (demonizing Nazis) to motivate resistance — a case many would defend. The ethical test lies in . A baidykle filmas that invents a threat (e.g., “all refugees are criminals”) is propaganda. One that simplifies an existing threat for moral clarity (e.g., “fascism leads to genocide”) may be a legitimate rhetorical tool. baidykle filmas

Nesvarbu, ar ieškote emocingos dramos apie socialinius santykius, ar šiurpą keliančio siaubo trilerio, „baidyklė filmas“ terminas slepia gilias prasmes: Lithuanian film critic Saulius Macaitis once wrote: “The