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简介:IncommunistRomania,thousandsofWesternfilmsonbootlegVHStapes—mostlyHollywoodactionmovies—weresmuggledbehindtheIronCurtain,openingawindowintothefreeworld. UnderPresidentNicolaeCeaușescu,Romaniawasculturallyisolatedandideologicallycensored.ImagesoflifeoutsideitsborderswerecutoffandTVwasreducedtopropagandabulletins.Fromthedrabconcretehousingblockstothefoodrationlines,thethreatofsurveillancepreventedpeoplefromsteppingoutofline. Butinthemid-1980s,underthenoseoftheSecuritate,Ceaușescu’ssecretpolice,thousandsofHollywoodfilmsweresmuggledintothecountrybyanundergroundoperativenamedZamfir,andtheywereallcovertlydubbedbyIrinaNistor,acourageoustranslatorwhosedistinctvoicecaptivatedthenationandbecameasymboloffreedom. Asweseethroughevocativere-creationsinChuckNorrisvsCommunism,anetworkofsecretscreeningroomssprungupacrossRomaniaasfamilies,friends,andneighborsgatheredtowatchactionheroeslikeNorris,VanDamme,andStallone,alongwithromanticcomedies,dramas,andHollywoodepics.Whilethestoriescapturedtheimagination,itwasthelavishsettingsandbackdropsthatmesmerizedtheaudience.ThefilmsofferedRomaniansglimpsesoftheabundantWest,whichpromptedtheregimetoclampdownontheclandestinescreenings,castinganatmosphereofever-presentdangerandsuspicion.…