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Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.

~Andrzej Wajda

Topics: About Adult Audiences Been Cinema Films Life Made Our Polish Pressured Same Seeing Should Significant Society Spheres Those Us Were Which Would

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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 capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.

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Topics: About Capitalism Change Come Communist Concern Economy Film Film Industry Fundamentally Funding Industry Might Most Significant Sources Thought Transition Would

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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.

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Topics: Because Cinema Closer Coming Despite Directors Get Hand Having Studied Television Theatre Wanted Were Worked Young

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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 years.

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Topics: Been Cinema Contemporary Degree Last Nevertheless Only Poland Reality Theatre Years

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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.

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Topics: Also Anchors Consequently In The Past Know Language Literature Our Past Us Used Want Who Written

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It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well.

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It turned out that the country was helpless in the face of a new reality.

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Topics: Country Face Helpless New Out Reality Turned

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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 strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

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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

Topics: Centuries Characteristics Common Developed Economic Even Forty Forty Years Historical Included Our Our People People Preserved Reality Republic Some Time Traits Were Worst Years

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Director

Born: March 6th, 1926

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