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31.外刊赏读|《卫报》：英国人不再喜欢看外语片了吗？本文出自2016年2月11日《卫报》，名为 Do we Brits no longer have an appetite for foreign-language films? 文章主要讲述电影发展变化以及人们对电影的热爱，并得出结论，电影不仅能为人们提供娱乐，还具有赚钱的功能。文章较强，节选自前面部分中的五段供大家赏读。原文I ①Roll back a few decades and those of us of a certain age will talk with reverential enthusiasm for a time when they discovered the likes of Fellini, Bergman and Kurosawa on the television. ②Sure, they might not have been shown in the correct aspect ratio, but these otherworldly visions were available in your living room and could ignite a passion and discovery of film. ③These films seeped deep into our souls and led us to seek out the latest foreign release in the cinema. ④What was happening here was not only a cultural awakening, but a vital cash injection for the distributors of those titles. II ①With the declining commitment from television came less money for distributors to take risks. ②While ancillaries such as DVD and Bluray used to provide some valuable cash, they are now very much in decline. ③Even with the advent of streaming and video on demand (VoD), and despite the huge amounts of money spent by Amazon and Netflix at the recent Sundance film festival, this is still not a reliable source of income for the smaller players.III ①For today’s young cinephiles, the internet has opened up the world of cinema just like TV did for my generation. ②They can discover classics and contemporary auteurs in minutes, as well as the latest news from international film festivals. ③But has access and familiarity led younger audiences to enjoy these films on the big screen?IV ①I think the online accessibility argument is something of a myth. ②In much the same way cinema going has been dominated by prepackaged Hollywood films (easy to sell and hit all the entertainment buttons), the online world of streaming and VoD is also in danger of becoming a narrow spectrum of film culture. ③There will be niches, but are they economically sustainable? I think not.V ①There are some glimmers of hop