希腊社会党执政的新政府,于去年底废除了电影和歌曲的审查制度,从而结束了四十五年来的惯例。过去,希腊的电影和歌曲在发行前,都一定要毫无例外地由新闻秘书处的审查委员会予以审查(该审查委员会曾禁映过象《伊曼纽尔》和《0的故事》这类性电影和如同《Z》这样的政治片)。现在规定所有的影片都将自由地为成年人放映。但是,要想为18岁以下的青少年和儿童放映电影的话,则须将影片呈送一个特别委员会审查,得到“大众电影证明”后才得以放映。如果影片被认为是有伤风化的、不符合国情的,则要受批评并被取缔。希腊的电影业发展较快的原因之一是,由于文化部部长迈·迈尔库里本人在从政前就是影坛上一位十分活跃、名噪一时的影星。五十年代,她因主演电影《今天是星期日》(又译为《比雷埃夫的小伙子们》)而成名。后来与该 The new government, run by the Greek Socialist Party, ended censorship for 45 years by abolishing the censorship of films and songs at the end of last year. In the past, Greek films and songs must be vetted without exception by the Press Secretariat’s review board (which had banned such films as Emmanuel and The Story of 0) Sex movies and political films like “Z”). Now that all the films will be free to show for adults. However, screening of films for young people and children under the age of 18 must be submitted for screening by a special committee and screening by “popular film”. If the film is considered offensive, does not meet the national conditions, it must be criticized and banned. One of the reasons why the movie industry in Greece is growing fast is that since the former Minister of Culture, Meirel Mercuri himself, was a very active and well-known movie star in the film before he took office. In the 1950s, she became famous for starring in the movie “Today is Sunday,” also translated as “Piraeus’s Boys.” Later with that