Bigs Quote by Andrzej Wajda

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

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

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

— Andrzej Wajda

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

It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.

— Andrzej Wajda

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

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

Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre.

— Andrzej Wajda

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

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

— Andrzej Wajda

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

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