Thepicture-postcardidylloftheCornwallfishingvillageismisleading.Whilefishingusedtobeawayofsupportingoneself,wealthyLondontouristshavenowdescendedandaredisplacingthelocals,whoselivelihoodisthusthreatened.TherelationshipbetweenbrothersStevenandMartinisalsostrained.Martinisafishermanwithoutaboat,sinceStevenstartedusingitforfarmorelucrativetoursforalltheday-trippers.Theyvesoldthefamilycottageandnowitseemsthatthefinalbattletobefoughtisthatwiththenewownersovertheparkingspacenexttothesea.Yetthesituationsoongetsoutofhand,andnotjustbecauseofthewheelclamp.Baitisablack-and-whitefilmshotonhand-processed16mm.Numerousclose-upsoffish,nets,lobsters,wellingtonboots,knotsandcatchbasketsbringtomindthetheoryofamontageofattractions.Thedepictionofthedifferentsocialstrata–onecouldspeakofclassrelations–isalsoreminiscentofthetraditionofsocialrealisminBritishcinema.Aboveall,however,awholelotofcurrentpoliticalrelevanceiswaitingtobediscoveredbeneaththedifferentlayersoffilmhistoricalreferencescontainedintheimages.。