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Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda
Polish Director
Born: Mar 6, 1926
Because Cinema Made Reality Theatre Time
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Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema. Andrzej Wajda
Entertainment World Cinema Language France Entertainment Industry Case Simply Global Opens Industry Because Does Equivalent Coming Exist Italy American English English Language Whole Why
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. Andrzej Wajda
Great School Big Other Secondary Secondary School Brought Adult Students Had Attempts Primary Contemporary Well Polish Audiences Were Hand Create Film Spectacles
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. Andrzej Wajda
Life Politics Waiting Culture People Collapse Area Economy Retreat Least Were Expected Soviet Going Soviet Union Just Full Union Initiative
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
Money Giving Back Distributors Percentage Instance Sharing Ticket Industry Because Sales Legislation Not Interested Interested Film Film Industry Filmmakers Filmmaking
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. Andrzej Wajda
Life Work Good Theatre Reality Writing Stage Difficulty Would Given Allowed New Greater Even Film Play Level Set
Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make. Andrzej Wajda
Entertainment Result Films Kinds Percent Something Like Make Audiences Were Dominated American Screens Turned Used Suddenly Away Extent
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
Language Past Our Anchors Written Know Also Want In The Past Literature Us Used Who Consequently
It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality. Andrzej Wajda
Reality Face Country Out New Turned Helpless
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
Time Reality People Preserved Our Our People Worst Characteristics Some Economic Developed Were Years Historical Traits Common Republic Centuries Forty Forty Years Even Included
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
Entertainment First Before Our Systemic Only Had Been Years American Screens After Available Transition
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
Made First Few Films State Way Financed Television Cases Except Budget Most Well Partly Still Were Years After Public Special
In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film. Andrzej Wajda
Broadcasters Television Could Supporting Because Polish Private Legislation Not Interested Interested Production Europe Film Assist Filmmaking
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
Together Nothing Enough State Project Indicate Only Potential Casting Put Leading Budget Beyond Covered Stages Script Produce Bodies Film Eventually Present Funding Presenting
Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. Andrzej Wajda
Better State Were Committees Established Deciding Separate Even Film Funding Two

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