Andrzej Wajda Quotations

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made.

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

As I said earlier, there are no writers who could create a literary vision of the new reality.