'Ida' doesn't set out to explain history. That's not what it's about. The story is focused on very concrete and complex characters who are full of humanity with all its paradoxes. They're not pawns used to illustrate some version of history or an ideology.
From Pawel Pawlikowski
I'm not emotionally excited by the power of cinema's tricks anymore.
I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.
For me, filmmaking is not exactly a career. I was never in it for Hollywood or anything. My films are markers of where I am in life, where I am in my head. So that's what I'm working on, and I try to keep things in proportion - life and filmmaking. One feeds into the other.
Art is not journalism. In art, you don't make it to convey a message.
'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal.
The whole world, it's a problem that there's too much stuff being produced. We don't have time to reflect on the important things in life.
It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.
Strangely, you know, my parents, who left Poland separately and, you know, divorced, ended up marrying other people. But then they met again abroad, and they got together again.
One of my favorite writers is Chekhov. I love his attitude toward the world. Just accept things for what they are. Don't judge. Be moral as you tell your story, but have no moral at the end. Just look at it.
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