The basis for the conversation with the specialist at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, will be Patryk Vega’s film “Oczy diabła.” The docudrama, shared on YouTube, has nearly 6 million views. Franciszek Trzaskoś claims that this film crosses a line—and that Vega’s docudrama does not break any taboo, but trivializes and sensationalizes the subject of human trafficking.
Franciszek Trzaskoś:
What Patryk Vega did is a disservice to all people of good will. He created a piece of junk.
Patryk Vega is adding fuel to the fire. This is very bad.
I learned nothing from this film about where these people come from.
Patryk Vega does not show us any story. He shows a jumble of words.
Teenagers treat the language of this film as something natural. It is a scandal that something like this is on the Internet.
Vega exaggerated this film so much that what mattered lost its significance.
Police statistics refer to abductions and kidnappings.
In Poland, no court has issued a final conviction in a case involving kidnapping for the purpose of organ trafficking.
The problem of kidnappings for organ trafficking is visible in third-world countries.
We should be concerned that young people may begin to imitate the behavior shown in Patryk Vega’s film.
Vega’s little film should be labeled fake news.
Young people can watch Wiadomości and compare it with other news services. What the producers of TVP’s Wiadomości are doing is extraordinary.
According to police statistics, the number of missing persons reported in Poland reaches approximately 20,000 per year—there were exactly 19,563 in 2017. Among them were 6,758 children, including 443 children under the age of 7. The police report that most missing people are found within the first 14 days after disappearing. Ninety-five percent of children return home within the first 7 days.
“Oczy diabła” harms victims, claims Franciszek Trzaskoś. “Vega did not show any evidence in the film of aid for victims, did not show realistic estimates of the scale of the practice, and did not give experts a voice,” adds the president of the management board of the Institute for Research and Analysis of the Activities of Local Government Units.
The specialist also adds that Patryk Vega, through his sensational productions, irresponsibly contributes to the increasing brutalization among teenagers.
“Psychologist Brad Buszman is a researcher of violence in films,” Trzaskoś explains. “Recently—in 2013—he discovered that violence in films had more than doubled since 1950. Interestingly, he proved that violence in films rated PG-13—that is, intended for children over 13—had increased more than threefold since 1985. Films are becoming more brutal, even those specifically intended for children. Vega makes a huge contribution to the brutalization of films watched by young people,” the specialist emphasizes.