Yet another example of good, solid joined up Government. The Government has announced plans for a training board to help budding film-makers pursue their careers. I don't really understand how the Government can claim the credit for this new initiative as the scheme is being funded by a levy on the industry. Why not simply stop the tax subsidies to the film industry and reallocate those funds to training!?! On just one film costing £20m, the initiative would receive £4m of taxpayers money. Would that upset Sir Richard Attenborough who is so keen to endorse Labour!?!
I hope they also learn how to write good scripts if films such as "28 days later" represent the pinnacle of British filmmaking.
It's Lord Attenborough these days.
ReplyDeleteThis idea sounds like an updated but half baked version of the Cinematograph Act 1927. There's a goode example of what that caused here. Some good some bad.