Postmodern Quotes
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The guys we were stealing from in The Wire are the Greeks. In our heads we`re writing a Greek tragedy, but instead of the gods being petulant and jealous Olympians hurling lightning bolts down at our protagonists, it`s the Postmodern institutions that are...
David Simon
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I grew up in the heat of 70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art. My film is emotional rather than meta, and that`s my rebellion.
Noah Baumbach
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Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we`re trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn`t.
Alain Couder
