Making our own model

Australia should forget about modelling its film and TV industry on the US or UK. Soon they’ll be following our lead claims Lee Zachariah.

It’s a rite of passage for any budding film and television wannabe and every self-important media commentator to point at the enduring successes of the US and UK industries, and – with a tremor of incredulity at how nobody has thought of this before – suggest that Australia simply does what they do.

Why, they ask, does it always feel like we’re starting from square one? Why is the ABC not a brand like the BBC? Why don’t we have a local movie studio that could lure all of those big stars back home? Why am I the first person to think of this?

Naturally, we have moments of glory. Wolf Creek 2: The Legend of Mick’s Torso Collection has just entered production. Channel Nine’s Underbelly continues its unforeseeable success, even as it attempts to undercut itself with a series of increasingly silly subtitles (coming in 2014 – Underbelly: Can Haz Crime Noms?)

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