In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
Then if your movie clicks with real audiences, you'll be sucked into some sort of Hollywood orbit. It's a devil of a place where the only religion that really counts is box office.
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.
We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.
It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.
There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.
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