The revival of independent film 独立电影的复兴 Scripts, not effects 剧本是关键,资金不成问题 Independent films are at last recovering from theslump 最终,独立电影走出低谷 THE Toronto film festival, which ends this week, marks the start of the serious-film season. 本周结束的多伦多电影节,标志着严肃题材电影季节拉开了帷幕。 Outat least until Thanksgiving, inlate Novembergo the superhero spectaculars. 依靠超级英雄来博取票房的电影至少要持续播映到十一月末的感恩节。 In come the foreign films and the dining-room dramas. 外国电影和文艺影片将走向舞台。 The autumn crop is far more prone to failure than the summer one. 可以预计的是秋季票房收入比夏季还要惨淡。 But highbrow films now come with higher hopes. 但高格调电影迎来了更高的期许。 For the past few years the independent film business has resembled a low-budget horrormovie. 过去几年间,独立电影产业的遭遇堪于一部低成本恐怖电影并论。 Outside financing was brutally killed in 2008, as banks stopped lending. |