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Andrzej Wajda

"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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"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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Akshay Vasu

"For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation."

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Akshay Vasu

"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."

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Akshay Vasu

"If cinema is a woman then certainly there are many shores."

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Akshay Vasu

"I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this."

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Akshay Vasu

"I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema."

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Akshay Vasu

"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."

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Akshay Vasu

"Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth."

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Akshay Vasu

"I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it."

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Akshay Vasu

"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."

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Akshay Vasu

"Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite."

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Andrzej Wajda
"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."

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Andrzej Wajda
"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."

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

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

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Andrzej Wajda
"Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made."

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Andrzej Wajda
"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."

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

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

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Andrzej Wajda
"There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers."

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