A couple of years ago film-maker David Bond realized that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say "chocolate" into his three-year-old son's ear without getting a response.

几年前，电影制作人大卫·邦德意识到他的两个孩子（当时分别是5岁和3岁）都离不开屏幕，以至于他对着3岁的儿子的耳朵说“巧克力”都没有回应。

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They were trying to identify short film clips that could reliably elicit a strong emotional response in laboratory Settings.

他们试图找出能够在试验环境中可靠地引起强烈情感反应的电影短片段。

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It was satisfying because we were in exactly the same theatre in which I saw Creature Comforts, and I saw the same kind of response from the audience but this time the response was to my film.

这很让人满意因为这次我们恰好是坐在我当时看《动物物语》的那个剧场，我也看到了相同的观众的反应，不过这次是对我的电影。

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And big studios and independent outfits are sharply trimming their film output in response to the credit crunch and a faltering DVD market.

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Gitonga is also humbled by the positive response the film has received from Kenyans, since Kenyan movies don't usually attract large local audiences.

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"This film, which will be a big production, should be an appropriate response to the ahistoric film 'Argo, '" said Ataollah Salmanian, the director of the Iranian film, according to Mehr.

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