It would appear that those within the UK film industry, or at least those who remembered it when it existed. British screenwriter Johnathan Gems has written to culture minister Jeremy "Rhyming Nickname" Hunt about his abolition of the UK Film Council. He certainly doesn't paint a positive picture of either the UKFC or the Hollywood System and its' effects on British film making*. Certainly American sadness at the departure of the UKFC seems less like artistic fellow feeling and more like the disappointment of lost revenues at this point.
Adam I'd be very keen to hear what you have to say about this.
*I still stick by my assertion that Nationalism is the worst folly but it is to no one's benefit if major Hollywood studios completely wipe out the rest of western cinema, nationalism sucks but different cultures' views of the world should be explored and celebrated.
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