British cinema increasingly became a bargain-basement imitation of Hollywood. Instead of five large companies dominating production, distribution and exhibition, as in the US, it had two: Rank and ABPS Producers were so busy fighting their own corner, and so mesmerized by the success of Hollywood that they didn't have the strength to argue that keeping the industry fragmented and flexible learning from Hollywood's example without simply imitating its outward forms, might be a better way catering for a market the size of Britain than heading up the road of monopoly.
The author expresses that the filmmakers in Britain _____.