Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajdais a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of a honorary Oscar and the Palme d'Or, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School". He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation, Kanałand Ashes and Diamonds...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth6 March 1926
CountryPoland
aware beginning detention happened including knew letters people soviet spring stopped sudden
We knew from the very beginning that this was a Soviet crime. There were letters (from the detention camp) that people received, including from my own father. All of a sudden the letters stopped coming. We were aware that something happened in the spring of 1940. There was no doubt.
adult happening observing particular polish
I think that adult Polish audiences, while observing what was happening in Poland, started to give in to a particular kind of anxiety.
choice directors effect polish positive quality themselves throw
Young directors had no choice but to throw themselves into writing scripts. That did not have a positive effect on the quality of Polish cinema.
europe television film-production
In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.
people waiting culture
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.
years firsts entertainment
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.
change might transition
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.
money novelty bigs
A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking.
writing reality play
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.
cinema film young
Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.
past spirit film
Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made.
reality solidarity existence
By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.
reality vision said
As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.
television would-be film
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.