Last week we said Noel Clarke was one of the most important figures in UK cinema. Here's his response Friday, 4 July 2008 So there I was in my local supermarket doing a morning shop, half of it the usual stuff, and half of it the new experience of buying the right sized nappies for my six-week-old little man (he's on size two now). I walked over to the newspaper section, and what did I see? The Independent with one of those lists that I always like to look at, and for many years wished one day I would be a part of: "20 people who really matter in British film". I got home, read some of the paper and then settled down to open the magazine, which had an even more exciting headline: "The 20 most influential people in British film". "We'll see about that," I thought, opened the cover and there I was. To say I was surprised was an...
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