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31 quotes by Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active c. 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The...
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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... →

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

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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... →

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In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and... →

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Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12... →

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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... →

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When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the... →

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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... →

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

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At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active.

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Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding.

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

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However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

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