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    FILM DIRECTOR VIGEN CHALDRANIAN IS DISPLEASED WITH STATE OF FILM
    PROPAGANDA AND SPREADING CINEMATOGRAPHY

    YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "I do not speak about the policy not only
    on this but other days of the year as well. Politicians must speak
    about the policy." Film director Vigen Chaldranian expressed such an
    opinion at the May 11 meeting with journalists. The film director
    stated that as a RA citizen he will fulfil his civil duty and go to the
    elections. In his words, every man or citizen is responsible for the
    policy being carried on in the country, and an indifferent posture can
    be destructive just for the people.

    In Vigen Chaldranian's words, he did not leave cinematography "during
    the hard years" and did not leave Armenia. He finds that "it is not a
    heroic deed, but just a type of individuality and character." The film
    director shot 5 films, including ones of the documentary, feature and
    satirical genres just during those years.

    In V. Chaldranian's words, the state of the Armenian cinematography is
    not good today, either, and the market relations existing in the sphere
    of culture do not satisfy any artist.

    "The one ordering culture today is the crowd and not the people. We
    mistake market with "bazaar." And it is incomprehensible for me how it
    happened that the unembarrassed state and free expression yield their
    place to vulgarity and worship towards low-quality jokes," V.
    Chaldranian emphasized.

    The director, touching upon the role of language in the art, mentioned
    that development of the Armenian language is endangered as street
    jargon, gesture and thinking penetrated into TV broadcast: "It is
    strange for me that the Public Television, being a state one, also paid
    a tribute to all those. The television is today the biggest educating
    and bringing up institute, isn't it?"

    V. Chaldranian also mentioned that the Armenian cinematography is today
    more spread and propagandized abroad than in Armenia: "the all-union
    cinematography fell, all-union film hiring stopped functioning: they
    did those deeds, all the cinemas were privatized and the cinematography
    appeared in vacuum."
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