The Competitive Art Sin,—Ian Cameron faults our study A Competitive
Cinema for its origins as a Bow Group report, pre- sumably because he fancies on our part a deep commitment to the idea of fair competition, which he maintains is impossible in the film industry. He 'calls our recommendations naive, yet neglects to point out that we are asking for the division of the two major circuits into regional booking groups and propose many other ways of trimming the power of the giants. Our tribunal would have many teeth and in effect be a permanent Monopolies Com- =mission. We realise the almost infinite extent to which restrictions can be evaded, and consequently share his doubts of the willingness of the giants to `play cricket.' Perhaps our writing style succeeded in alienating Mr Cameron before he could properly digest the meaning of our book.
TERENCE KELLY GEORGE PERRY
London, WC1
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