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When a film is created, it is...

When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Language also encodes our pas...

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Television theatre, as is impl...

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

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

We expected that people were j...

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Nevertheless, in the theatre, ...

Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

On the one hand, young theatre...

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Previously the same Polish aud...

Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Why does there exist a global ...

Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

It was progressively more diff...

It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

However, that old mode of Poli...

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

The difficulty with the presen...

The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

In the first years after the s...

In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

When a film is created, it is ...

When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

In the same period, Polish lit...

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

One might have thought that th...

One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

It turned out that the country...

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

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

The difficulty of writing a go...

The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

In Europe, there is no televis...

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

There is no filmmaking legisla...

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

Language also encodes our past...

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

Andrzej Wajda 61 quotes

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