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“However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.”

Quote by Andrzej Wajda

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Andrzej Wajda, born on March 6, 1926 and died on October 9, 2016, was a prominent Polish film director. His works profoundly reflected the history and culture of Poland, and he was regarded as one of the representatives of Polish cinema. more

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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