How many feature films are there in production led by a Scots producer? Not a single one. May Miles Thomas argues that if that was true in theatre, art, literature or any other art form it would be a national scandal. So why does the arts media keep celebrating a Scottish film industry that doesn’t exist? In Men in Black there’s a scene where Tommy Lee Jones springs a locker door open to reveal a crowd of tiny aliens who hail him as ‘The Lifegiver’ before bursting into The Star Spangled Banner.
