Economist: FILMS do not often cause diplomatic incidents. But in November last year the Czech Republic’s ambassador to Austria protested against “The First Day’, a fictional account of the aftermath of a nuclear accident at Dukovany, a real-life Czech plant near Austria’s border. Austria voted in 1978 to ban nuclear power, and its public-service broadcaster showed the film to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the referendum. Not only is the Czech plant portrayed as a menace to Austrians, but the Czech …