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.

Like the he-man movie stars who turn out to be queer . . . or the silent-film actors whose voices sound terrible recorded--the audience only wants a limited amount of honesty. [ellipses original]

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

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

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

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