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Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham · 初版 1946 年
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在巡回马戏团当狂欢节杂工的 Stanton Carlisle，看着怪胎秀里的 geek——一个卑微的酒鬼，猎奇人群幸灾乐祸的厌恶与嘲笑的对象——不禁纳闷一个人怎会堕落到如此地步。他发誓，无论如何自己绝不会沦落到那种地步。与眼前的悲剧人物不同，Stan 年轻、聪明且野心勃勃，能迅速从其他嘉年华表演中学到本领。起初，他与一位美丽却脆弱的女人搭档进行双人催眠表演，不久后 Stan 便告别了马戏团岁月，成为……
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……https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright... 如果一个创作者在比如三十年内都收不回成本，那只能说明他们不擅长商业运作，应该赶紧让路，好让其他创作者在他们的作品基础上继续创作。小说《Nightmare Alley》是 1946 年出版的，作者 1962 年就去世了：* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley_(novel) 据我所知（AFAICT），完全没有理由让它至今还受版权保护，以至于还需要付版税……
…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright... If an artist can't re-coup their costs in, say, thirty years, they are bad at business side of things and should get out of the way to allow other creative people to build on their work. The novel Nightmare Alley was published in 1946, and the author died in 1962: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley_(novel) There's no reason why it should (AFAICT) still be under copyright such that royalties need…
Mentalism（通灵术/读心术）是《Nightmare Alley》剧情的重要组成部分。就我个人而言，比起 2021 年的新版电影，我更喜欢 1947 年的那部老电影。两部都是根据 1946 年的那本小说改编的。
Mentalism is a large part of the plot of Nightmare Alley. Personally, I enjoyed the 1947 film a lot more than the recent 2021 film. Both are based on the 1946 novel.