第二次世界大战后,美国电影业一度发展很快,但到六十年代,由于电视的竞争,开始走下坡路,影片产量和影院数量逐年减少,观众人次下降。为了同电视争夺观众,电影制片商想方设法,另寻出路。他们制作了一些大场面、大明星、高成本的豪华影片,提供荧光屏上不能企及的享受,开始扭转了电影业的颓势。它的代表作是一九六二年发行的《埃及妖后》,制片成本近四千万美元。此后直到现在,制作豪华影片便成为一股潮流。这些影片内容各异,但大多脱离现实,强调刺激性和娱乐性,是所谓“逃避主义”的影片。七十年代中期,由于美国经济停滞,能源 After the Second World War, the U.S. film industry was developing rapidly. However, by the 1960s, due to the competition in television, the decline began to occur. The number of film production and theaters decreased year by year, and the number of viewers dropped. In order to compete with the television audience, film studios find ways to find another way out. They made a number of big scenes, big stars, high-cost luxury films, provide on screen can not match the enjoyment, began to reverse the decline of the movie industry. Its masterpiece is the “Egyptian demon queen” issued in 1962 with a production cost of nearly 40 million U.S. dollars. Since then, making luxury videos has become a trend. The content of these films varies, but most of them are out of touch with reality and emphasize excitability and entertainment. They are films called “evasionism.” The mid-seventies, due to the stagnation of the U.S. economy, energy