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I've Always Sensed What A Script Should Sound Like - Even Before The Movie's Been Made

Film And The Other Creative Industries Are Being Transformed By Digital Technologies.

Newspapers And Their Editors Have To Become As Accountable As The Rest Of Us - They Are Not 'a Special Case,' And They Have Only Themselves To Blame For Having Lost The Argument For 'exceptionalism' - And With It The Right To 'self-regulation.

As Intelligent And Responsible Filmmakers, Working In A Free Society, We Have A Duty To Ensure That Our Chosen Medium Is A Force For Good. Especially In This Ever-more Complex And Difficult World.

At Its Best, Cinema Does Retain A Remarkable Ability To Speak To People Of Every Age, From Every Background, And In Ways That Almost Any Other Art Form In Popular Culture Struggles To Compete With.