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Taipei is fast becoming the go-to Asian city for some of Hollywood's biggest hitters. |
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Martin Scorsese is filming his latest opus, Silence, there, and French director Luc Besson chose Taipei over seven other Asian cities for his action thriller Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson. |
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對於好萊塢若干頂尖重量級的人物而言,台北已迅速成為適合拍片的亞洲城市。馬丁.史柯西斯正在那裡拍攝他最新的作品《沉默》,法國導演盧.貝松之前也捨其他七座亞洲城市而選擇台北拍攝他的動作驚悚片《露西》,由史嘉蕾.喬韓森主演。 |
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And this May, The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln will begin filming in the city for a movie project. |
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今年五月,《陰屍路》主角安德魯.林肯也將在台北展開電影拍攝工作。 |
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Tasked with attracting international filmmakers, Jennifer Jao, head of the Taipei Film Commission, said that 92 foreign film crews shot in the city last year, up from 56 in 2013. |
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負責吸引國際電影製片的台北市電影委員會總監饒紫娟表示,去年有九十二個外國電影團隊在台北市拍片,多於二0一三年的五十六個。 |
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"We hope the whole island can be like a big studio," she told CNN while in Hong Kong Thursday. |
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「我們希望整個台灣島能夠像是個大攝影棚,」她週四在香港向 CNN 表示。 |
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It wasn't always this way. |
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For years, Taiwan, while home to acclaimed filmmakers like Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-hsien, was overlooked in favor of its ritzier neighbors Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. |
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實際上並非一直如此。多年來,台灣雖然有備受讚譽的導演,例如楊德昌與侯孝賢,卻總是因為香港、上海與東京等較為時髦光鮮的鄰近城市而遭到忽略。 |
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Jao's commission was set up in 2008 to court international filmmakers, but it wasn't until director Ang Lee, who was born in Taiwan, filmed the Oscar-winning hit Life of Pi on the island that it began to earn a reputation as an accommodating and affordable place to shoot. |
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饒紫娟的委員會於二00八年成立,目的在於招徠國際電影工作者前來拍片,不過,直到台灣出生的導演李安在這座島上拍攝了榮獲奧斯卡獎的賣座電影《少年 Pi 的奇幻漂流》之後,台灣才開始贏得方便又經濟實惠之拍片地點的名聲。 |
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The commission offers incentives for international film crews. |
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Up to $2 million is available per movie -- half of that as a cash subsidy. |
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台北市電影委員會為國際電影工作團隊提供誘因,每部電影可獲得高達兩百萬美元的補助──其中半數為現金補貼。 |
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But just as important is the island's versatility as a location, says Jao. |
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不過,另一項跟地點同樣重要的因素是台灣地貌的多樣性,饒紫娟說。 |
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It's a small island," she said. "Within half an hour, you can go from the streets to the mountains to the sea." |
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「這是一座小島,」她說:「在半個小時內,你就可以從街道來到高山再到海邊。」 |