Emmy-winning thespian Brian Cox, criticised the film industriousness yesterday for failing to push independent movies, and spoke of his revere that his "best work" may go unrecognised.
Cox is promoting his latest photographic film at Tilda Swinton's alternative film fete in Nairn this week, in the hope of attracting a distributor.
The Escapist, which likewise stars Liam Cunningham and Joseph Fiennes, is close to a captive serving life (played by Cox) world Health Organization breaks out of pokey to see his alienated, dying daughter.
"It did very well [at film festivals], but we have no distribution," Cox told the Independent on Sunday. "I am stressful to get it seen by more than than 2 people and a dog. I cerebrate it is very tough to work at the level we work at making these independent films and not to have recognition."
Cox added that he had discussed the problem with Nairn festival co-organisers Mark Cousins and Swinton, who is part-funding the eight-and-a-half daylight Ballerina Ballroom alternative cinema festival.
"I think people do desire to meet films, simply it is tough," Cox said. "One time in this town... in one day, Pirates of the Caribbean was played 52 times. A small self-governing movie played up against that doesn't have a chance.
"There is an inequity, a deficiency of fairness. Film festivals take up the slack but the cinema I grew up with and love is a cinema of films that were visceral and touched the heart... I'm not knock it, because I earn my living doing it, but I want a reasonable platform to show the work which I consider to be my best work.
"It is these little festivals that reignite everything. What is lacking is cinema-going as a community activity.... We ar too fussy flogging it, making the bucks, as opposed to thinking around what the thing is."
The Nairn festival, which started on Friday, features unblock entry for those wHO bring nance cakes, a "grunge shell" of six-spot out of 10, and �3 tickets for beanbag seats. It has attracted audiences from across the world.
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