In the forty years of the people's republic, some of the worst historical traits were preserved in our people. These included even the common characteristics developed in the economic reality of the time of partitions in the 17th and 18th… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except for a… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence. — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality. — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry.… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre. — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
