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
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.
abandoned appeared audiences front previous seats
With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV.
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.
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.
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.
theatre difficult wells
It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well.
school hands adults
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.
hands theatre cinema
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.