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考研中英文对照阅读提高 电影 Film The proportion of works cut for the cinema in Britain1 dropped from 40 per cent when I joined the BBFC2 in 1975 to less than 4 per cent when I left. But I don’t think that 20 years from now it will be possible to regulate3 any medium as closely4 as I regulated film. The Internet is, of course, the greatest problem for this century. The world will have to find a means, through some sort of international treaty or United Nations initiative5, to control the material6 that’s now going totally unregulated into people’s homes. That said,7 it will only take one little country like Paraguay to refuse to sign a treaty for transmission8 to be unstoppable. Parental control is never going to be sufficient. I’m still very worried about the impact of violent video games,9 even though researchers say their impact is moderated by the fact that10 players don’t so such experience the game as enjoy the technical manoeuvres that enable you to win11. But in respect of12 violence in mainstream films, I’m more optimistic. Quite suddenly, tastes13 have changed, and it’s no longer Stallone14 or Schwarzenegger15 who are the top stars, but Leonardo DiCaprio16—that has taken everybody by surprise. Go through the most successful films in Europe and America now and you will find virtually none that are violent. Quentin Tarantino17 didn’t usher in18 a new, violent generation, and19 films are becoming much more prosocial than one would have expected.20 Cinemagoing will undoubtedly survive.21 The new multiplexes22 are a glorious experience, offering perfect sound and picture and very comfortable seats, things which had died out in the 1980s. I can’t believe we’ve achieved that23 only to24 throw it away in favour of25 huddling around a 14-inch computer monitor to watch digitally-delivered26 movies at home. It will become increasingly cheap to make films, with cameras becoming smaller and lighter but remaining very precise.27 That means greater chances for new talent28 to eme