For people at the dawn of the plastic age , celluloid offered what one writer called " a forgery of many of the necessities and luxuries of civilized life , " a foretoken of the new material culture 's aesthetic and abundance .

在塑料时代刚刚开始的时候，赛璐珞给人们提供了一种被某个作家称作“大部分文明的必需品和奢侈品被伪造”的生活，它预示着一个全新的物质文化的审美和富足的到来。