Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a script, indicate casting and put together a budget to present it all, but nothing beyond that. Andrzej Wajda bodybudgetcast share on social
Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. Andrzej Wajda audiencecinemafilm Change image and share on social
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 affairbeneficialdifficulty share on social
In the forty years of the people's republic, some of the worst historical traits were preserved in our people. These included even the common characteristics developed in the economic reality of the time of partitions in the 17th and 18th centuries. Andrzej Wajda 17th18thbad share on social
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. Andrzej Wajda budgetcasefilm Change image and share on social
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 backdistributorfilm Change image and share on social
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 americanentertainmentscreen Change image and share on social
Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena. Andrzej Wajda existforeseegreat share on social
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 adultaudiencecinema share on social
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 anchorencodelanguage Change image and share on social