American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.
I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.
I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.
A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.
A British villain never loses their sense of humour.
I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.