However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared. Andrzej Wajda More Quotes by Andrzej Wajda More Quotes From 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. Andrzej Wajda movie actors would-be 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 cinema doe world As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality. Andrzej Wajda vision said reality Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. Andrzej Wajda cinema film made It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well. Andrzej Wajda difficult wells theatre 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. Andrzej Wajda adult place audience political 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 result something like entertainment 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 worst time reality people 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 budget special television way 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 potential nothing enough together Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. Andrzej Wajda even better film two
