Studios these days are shooting for blockbusters, like Transformers 3, or small incredibly cheap art films, like The Kids are All Right.

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And because the industrial base for manufacturing the transformers and capacitors used in delivering electricity is relatively small, it could take months, maybe years, to fully restore service.

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