Andrzej Wajda Quotes

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Andrzej Wajda

Profession : Director

Birth : March 6, 1926

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.

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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.

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

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

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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 few special cases, most films are made this way.

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

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However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

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Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

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At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active.

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As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.

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