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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 being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

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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

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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. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

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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. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

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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 hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

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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

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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

#beneficial #concerning #difficulty #film #film industry

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

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Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#care #fact #feminists #i #in fact

But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

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