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First Amongst Daves said:
The obvious solution is to vote with your wallet for your tastes. Enormous tax cuts (a form of protectionism) in Australia in the 80s meant that people staretd producing a wide range of very shitty films in order to get a tax concession.
If you're in Mexico, and you like Mexican film, then buy Mexican. But you shouldn't be encouraged to do so by tariffs on US films.
Yes, but the Australian film industry also produces some great movies! IMHO Mel Gibson did his best work in Austrailia in the early 80s. Galipoli and Tim were wonderful compared to the characature he's become. More recently (it just hit USA on DVD) Danny Deckchair is really sweet and funny. I generally don't favor protectionism but I think Austrailia was well served by those tax policies you mentioned.
Mexico has the potential to build a film industry every bit as vibrant as that of Spain. I only hope they get the chance to do it.
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