在商业化的电影机构遍布全美国的今天,却有一个独立的,毫无赢利的电影学术组织与之并存,这就是美国电影学院。这个学院是由国家艺术基金会在一九六七年主持创办的。其宗旨是为促进美国电影电视艺术的发展而搜集、保存资料,为电影工作者提供一个气候适宜的创作暖房和试验室。 At a time when commercial film organizations are found throughout the United States, there is an independent and unprofitable film academy that co-exists with the U.S. Film Institute. The college was founded by the National Arts Foundation in 1967. Its purpose is to promote the development of American film and television art and collect, save information for film workers to provide a climate suitable for creative greenhouse and laboratory.