I’m not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus.

Bailey contrasts the solitary, authorial control of still photography with the collaborative, industrial nature of filmmaking. His complaint that “too many people” are involved points to how cinema disperses decision-making across producers, directors, writers, actors, editors, and financiers, making it harder for a single sensibility to dominate. The “definitive creative focus” he misses is the clear line of authorship a photographer can claim: one eye, one moment, one final frame. The remark also reflects a modernist preference for directness and immediacy—an artwork that bears unmistakable personal signature rather than negotiated consensus.