a story lives forever
Register
Sign in
Form submission failed!

Stay signed in

Recover your password?
Register
Form submission failed!

Web of Stories Ltd would like to keep you informed about our products and services.

Please tick here if you would like us to keep you informed about our products and services.

I have read and accepted the Terms & Conditions.

Please note: Your email and any private information provided at registration will not be passed on to other individuals or organisations without your specific approval.

Video URL

You must be registered to use this feature. Sign in or register.

NEXT STORY

Looking for a film topic for the new audience

RELATED STORIES

Miss Nobody
Andrzej Wajda Film-maker
Comments (0) Please sign in or register to add comments

A story appeared by a new author, Tomek Tryzna, which our great Nobel prize winner Czesław Miłosz rated very highly. I read it and liked it because it was set in an odd, contemporary world. The heroine is a girl from the lower spheres, as they used to be called, who wants to rise above her beginnings because she has wealthy friends and she wants to make it in the world somehow. Well, I thought to myself, this is good, this is definitely a topic for today. So I tried to make this film but in the end it was received with indifference. This time, I don't think the topic was the reason. The topic was well chosen but I think that the way the film was made, so thoroughly in what I'd call an old-fashioned way, scared off the young audiences. It was made in a way that was 'too serious' compared with what they would have expected of such a topic. It probably should have been made in a different... perhaps it should have been made by a younger film director. So I realised that my way wasn't going to take me in that direction, either. So it was another failure for me, the film wasn't even released, or it was released somewhere and tried to find a place for itself. I think it was most popular in Japan because a lot of my films were shown over there. There's a group of people there who are interested in European cinema. They know my name and I think that's where I found the biggest audience for this film.

Pojawiła się powieść nowego autora Tomka Tryzny, którą Czesław Miłosz, nasz wielki noblista, bardzo ocenił wysoko. Ja przeczytałem tą powieść, spodobało mi się, bo to dziwny taki świat, dzisiejszy, współczesny. Bohaterką jest taka dziewczynka z nizin, jak by się dawniej powiedziało, która chce się wydźwignąć, bo ma te bogate koleżanki, chce w jakiś sposób wejść w świat. No, myślę sobie, to jest dobre, to jest dzisiejszy temat na pewno. No i spróbowałem zrobić taki film, ale się okazało, że ten film też trafił na obojętność. Tym razem nie wydaje mi się, żeby powodem był temat. Temat był wybrany dobrze, tylko myślę, że realizacja taka solidna, taka realizacja, bym powiedział, sprzed lat wystraszyła młodzież z kin. To było 'za poważnie' zrobione jak na to, czego oni by od takiego tematu oczekiwali. Prawdopodobnie to powinno być zrobione w innym... może po prostu powinien był to robić ktoś z młodych reżyserów. Tak że i w tą stronę zrozumiałem, że moja droga nigdzie nie prowadzi. Tak że poniosłem jeszcze kolejną klęskę. Film w ogóle nie pojawił się, pojawił się gdzieś tam, próbował znaleźć swoje miejsce gdzieś, myślę, że jeszcze najbardziej się spodobał w Japonii, dlatego że tam wiele moich filmów zostało pokazanych. Tam jest krąg ludzi, którzy interesują się europejskim kinem, którzy znają moje nazwisko i myślę, że tam jeszcze znalazłem najwięcej widzów dla tego filmu.

Polish film director Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) was a towering presence in Polish cinema for six decades. His films, showing the horror of the German occupation of Poland, won awards at Cannes and established his reputation as both story-teller and commentator on Poland's turbulent history. As well as his impressive career in TV and film, he also served on the national Senate from 1989-91.

Listeners: Jacek Petrycki

Cinematographer Jacek Petrycki was born in Poznań, Poland in 1948. He has worked extensively in Poland and throughout the world. His credits include, for Agniezka Holland, Provincial Actors (1979), Europe, Europe (1990), Shot in the Heart (2001) and Julie Walking Home (2002), for Krysztof Kieslowski numerous short films including Camera Buff (1980) and No End (1985). Other credits include Journey to the Sun (1998), directed by Jesim Ustaoglu, which won the Golden Camera 300 award at the International Film Camera Festival, Shooters (2000) and The Valley (1999), both directed by Dan Reed, Unforgiving (1993) and Betrayed (1995) by Clive Gordon both of which won the BAFTA for best factual photography. Jacek Petrycki is also a teacher and a filmmaker.

Tags: Miss Nobody, Nobel Prize, Japan, Tomasz Tryzna, Czesław Miłosz

Duration: 2 minutes, 7 seconds

Date story recorded: August 2003

Date story went live: 24 January 2008