You have always had individual directors who begin in the advertising or commercial world, but they are probably exceptions rather than the traditional pattern.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.

Video just accesses international information so much more readily.

They will open up to what I would call corporate broadcastings where the non-commercial material will have air time. There's no possibility of that here right now, none.

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world.