“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.” WritingPlayRealityFilmGivenLevelsGreaterStageDifficultyTheatreDifficulty Of Writing Author:Andrzej Wajda
“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.” GivingFilmActorsMoneyIndustryInstanceFilmmakerMovieFilmmakingNot InterestedTicketsLegislationPercentagesFilm IndustryDistributors Author:Andrzej Wajda
“In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.” FilmActorsTelevisionEuropeProductionsMovieFilmmakingNot InterestedLegislationPolishBroadcastersFilm Production Author: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 to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.” MightFilmChangeEconomySourceIndustryCapitalismConcernSignificantCommunistTransitionFundingFilm IndustrySignificant Change Author: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 encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.” WorldWayFilmLanguageUnderstandingPerceptionPerception Of The World Author:Andrzej Wajda
“Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.” MadeWantedFilmYoungAudienceCinema Author: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. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking.” StatesWould BeFilmActorsTelevisionSourceIndustryDifficultyAffairMovieFilmmakingLegislationBeneficialFundingPolishFilm Industry Author: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 the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film.” WellsHandsBigsSchoolFilmAudienceStudentsAdultsContemporaryPrimariesPolishGreat FilmSpectaclesSecondary School Author: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 that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.” ShouldHas BeensMadeFilmAudienceSeeingAdultsSignificantCinemaOur SocietySpheresPolishPressured Author:Andrzej Wajda
