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A film producer offers to rent Downton for a month of location shooting, and the family splits over it. Some fear the house will be overrun; others point to the money. "The county takes a dim view of everything," one says, brushing aside the worry.
❝ Monólogo · 4 frases The director sells the picture
He wraps a location deal in a polite love story so the house can take the money.
Downton Family Split Over a Film Crew
A film man, Jack Barber, comes to Downton with a proposal: let his company shoot a picture on location for about a month, for a fee he names on his card. He explains how location filming has opened up since Abel Gance's Napoléon. The family is divided, weighing money and a new roof against the disruption and local disapproval.
On the surface this is a business talk: how long, how much, what gets moved. Underneath it is a collision between old money and the new mass culture that has just learned to shoot on location, and every objection is really about status. The house that represents centuries of order would be handed over to a trade the family considers vulgar, and one speaker makes the disgust plain: "Actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things." The defense is not taste but upkeep: a roof, flooding, the cost of staying grand. And the worry about reputation is waved away with the film's dry humor, since "The county takes a dim view of everything." Downton is being asked to pay for its future by renting out its dignity, and no one can quite say no to the price.
A1–C2 es la escala MCER. Las tarjetas por encima del nivel elegido se atenúan y la reproducción no se pausa en ellas.
“Until recently, filmmaking was largely confined to the studios, but now the process has opened up.”
A whole industry's shift in one contrast: from confining walls to open doors.
Formal
“Actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things.”
A pun in one word: painted faces, drunken bodies, all over the family's things.
Informal
“The county takes a dim view of everything.”
The polite phrase stretched to everything: understatement collapses into a joke.
Informal
“Well, you mustn't let that stop you.”
Gentle permission to ignore the obstacle: a nudge in one line.
Informal
The Gambleris set in 1875. Uh, an earl's daughter, Lady Anne Erskine, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a gambler, to her family's horror. I can imagine. They meet at a house party in the country, and things soon spin out of control. There are visits to a smart gambling club, which we'd do here.
Siguiente · 03wouldn't hear of itLa escena: Hollywood Comes to DowntonThey need money for repairs, including a new roof, and the fee is a quick way to get it without selling anything.
Because a film crew would fill the house with actors and equipment, disturb the family's belongings, and invite local gossip.
About a month of shooting on location at Downton, with a fee written on his card that he says is negotiable.
A younger family member asks where she stands, because her support could settle whether Downton accepts the film offer.
