“We can feel in Poland a kind of phantom pain for lost multi-ethnic ter...” — Olga Tokarczuk Quote

We can feel in Poland a kind of phantom pain for lost multi-ethnic territories.

State television, from which a significant number of Poles get their news, consistently smears, in aggressive and defamatory language, the political opposition and anyone who thinks differently from the ruling party.

I create doubt in the reader's mind. That is what literature is for: to provoke, to raise doubts, to talk about things that are not obvious.

I found Leonora Carrington's 'The Hearing Trumpet' really funny.

Two centuries ago, when our nation lost its sovereignty and was partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria, Polish Romantics like the poet and nationalist Adam Mickiewicz declared that independence would come only with great sacrifice. Ever since, this myth of the martyr, or messianic victim, has emerged during times of national crisis.

People have realized that films like Phantom have different remuneration structures.

I had always been a fan of Nas, but I never met him. This is the one guy in the industry who's, like, the phantom rapper.

What makes 'Phantom' different from other mission based films, is the amount of emotional drama there is in this film. And not just the main characters. Even the smaller characters have an emotional journey unto themselves and that forms major part of the narative.

Yes, but Phantom Productions is my core team. It is like my family. And I love them.

When I held in my hands the remains of Gunther, I had a strong feeling, like a phantom pain of an amputee.