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What we need is a British Independent Genre Cinema.
Britain has been lacking in production strength for years, with only a handful of tried and tested Brit flicks, with which to hit a world (American) market. To be honest though, these films are rather awful and make me ashamed of our Film Industry.
There are several message boards concerning the casting and making of films, with people debating what will happen when a blatantly British concept is brought forward to the eye of the Hollywood grinder. (Hellblazer anyone?)
Films such as Acion Mutante, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Dellamore Dellamorte, City of the Lost Children, Kingdom (tv) and The Vanishing (original) demonstrate the fine standard that can be achieved with cinema, if a non Hollywood route is taken. Britain is capable of making Great films in teh genre market, just take a look at teh early Hammer output, especially the Quatermass Films, and in fact the original broadcasts. We are talking films with incredible imagination and content, inspirational stuff. Just look at the ideas behind Quatermass and the Pit.
Before Australia became a cheap alternative to the Uk, we could boast soome of the best technical crews and support.
This is a rambling posting, which I hope will make some sense to my idea of taking a grip on the cultural leakage in cinema.
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