A tale of two filmmakers appeared in the press over the weekend, with American John Landis and Brit Sophie Fiennes recounting differing experiences of the UK film industry.
Whilst Landis struggled to get Hollywood to finance any of his films, he found British indies were more receptive, "because they still take risks and make interesting movies." Landis was offered the opportunity to remake Burke and Hare, which is released later this year.
Fiennes’s experience was less satisfying however, with the director unable to secure British funding for her documentary Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, which is now at Cannes. She instead turned to France and the Netherlands, and said in an interview, “there is nowhere to go in Britain”.
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