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加州色情电影业压力重重 BBC中文网 记者艾德•巴特勒 Ed Butler ( g8 H0 y, N9 O7 }- @" j6 K( F2 z7 H: n! K1 |4 \$ `
说到加州电影业，好莱坞并不是一枝独秀，这里也是世界色情电影之都。但是，BBC记者巴特勒说，色情电影业现在也面临重重压力：经济萧条的冲击、网上盗版的泛滥，和立法人对阵最终很有可能打败仗……/ H6 e, ]) r2 B4 b8 o
5 E3 f2 M* v U G* N, g% X5 \小雨淅淅沥沥。洛杉矶北部，在一间位于低层仓库内的制片厂的大门外，我停下车来。 ; \& X* w. }2 t8 C ) m5 I. l0 g) j9 L+ ?( k" e他们告诉我，直接来就行了，“看看我们是怎们办事儿的，很好玩。”9 B9 v+ @" J& o* m, F% g. Z3 L
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# E, @# @3 N( Y- b! ]宝碧也有同感。事实上，这也正是她开始脱衣服、准备开拍性爱场面之前说的告别词。 8 r! T( L( \# n0 t" _ ; E$ @5 W5 C+ _: ^+ x& B我想，我看的已经够多了。我悄悄地离开拍摄现场，重新回到淅淅沥沥的小雨中……. # g1 q# [3 W: }- i/ L" L# G1 P+ t
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Californian porn industry's 'perfect storm' of troubles : ^8 c1 _3 h) [2 H1 C# I! W s# p' a6 {5 b2 n' i0 H+ s& LCalifornia's adult movie business is under pressure - internet piracy and the economic downturn have slashed revenues, while state regulators seem set to win their long battle to make actors wear condoms.( t6 U0 @0 u( b7 X! F2 s0 U
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Light drizzle was falling as I pulled my car up outside a low-rise warehouse studio in northern Los Angeles. 6 K' o" z4 _: a $ `3 L% ]! g% v/ S# x/ EI had been told just to pitch up - it would be fun, they had said, to see how we do things. h7 R6 `# F# M+ {
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What I did see at first did not quite match my expectations but then again, I was not quite sure what to expect. / K& I$ j! l9 s. D- O- M* U) Z o" Y: c* {# H; a% F3 l' j% ]
The porn shoot was Star Trek, the Next Generation - a triple-X parody, billed as a humorous tribute to the iconic TV space saga.9 z0 Y! Z& g' o; d: {. @
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Performers in body-hugging Star Trek outfits, some with prosthetic noses to resemble aliens, wandered around looking slightly bored as a weary crew worried over lighting arrangements. + o# `3 R5 F# D6 k 8 d8 ]1 k5 Q, I( B9 JThis morning was devoted to dialogue, I was told, although - as Sam, the film's artistically minded writer-director, explained to me with clear regret - there was not too much of that to be had. 4 I6 T2 V; k8 {+ b( j3 B% [8 a2 C h U# G
Only 30 minutes of this two-hour sex film would involve plot, he sighed.0 ~9 ^$ k$ c2 I: T) X2 d5 T( |9 X
) |4 m& Y- M# i8 JThe demands of porn may not allow Sam to be the groundbreaking film-maker he clearly aspires to be, but at least there are films to be made. ' V( o: ^5 a* H( c4 `4 p: L! T! m $ r. {1 u/ ]3 A" ^4 e. g5 `( sThe problem, increasingly, is revenue. : p0 V4 o4 R8 M& S" K3 q ; } C/ {% m5 X2 C, }Like the music industry, pornographers are struggling to persuade their audience to pay for what they watch.) O/ f3 c t' |+ ?. I+ u" o
* m" \" q% F9 t# B. S7 s* T3 J& M! HDVD sales have collapsed. Online, a great deal of porn can be accessed for free. L. \8 ~: {. n E - m$ \# h* b$ h* z9 ?5 r( A& Y, _1 HAnd the economic downturn does not help. 2 k8 B c% |6 j' l U- y1 N2 E0 e- k# B( o"What with the recession and piracy, we call it the perfect storm," one leading producer observed wistfully.2 ^$ k0 F- g; a" E
! a* Q- x \5 ^& B2 v2 n, GThe economic climate also means the industry is even less keen to accept California's increasingly stringent workplace regulations. ! t9 @% D2 Y M7 H4 S3 I, d2 A' }( i, V5 K- T
For years, the authorities have been demanding that porn performers wear condoms.8 G& g# a3 T0 i; C* z! k
) l- A# }5 Y: y5 d& c; mHealth scares - most notoriously in 2004 when three actors contracted HIV - have highlighted significant levels of infection on set. + X- n6 Q5 Q* r1 E3 U5 O4 ^ - e& T( {; ]" x# x7 ]But the industry says wearing condoms on-screen is a turn-off. The public do not want it, it will kill the fantasy, they say.) K& O+ U! w! A
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Back on the Star Trek set, I talked to Bobbi Starr, one of the lead performers. 9 e8 t- e. K: V7 u3 k/ X" m2 { * x- r/ W; J' R9 t! C* C KA college graduate, a former national standard swimmer and professional oboist, she seems to have packed a lot into her 27 years. 2 m0 P$ t E& V / x1 q. q) \5 m+ IShe turned to porn, she said, out of a sense of sexual adventure.9 u# v4 \5 v* b3 `
/ [: e' ?8 \! f/ t2 S0 Y"It's just fun," she said, "and when everyone around you is having fun too, what's not to love?"" {/ V+ v0 v1 K( ?
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Her packed schedule today involved a couple of lines, then a four-hour sex scene. Then a costume fitting on Tuesday and she was off to have her monthly health test after that. ; e/ [7 P& F2 K* `6 ` F" G! Y1 Y8 UEach day would be 15 hours long.( E7 M8 l* B$ o$ W
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"Wow, you must be exhausted?" I suggested.; V0 \$ p4 J/ [$ N! V8 J0 p; l& k
( i# w" t$ b. V: P; v. a"You get used to it," she smiled.0 U- E' A1 R$ U& H; F
4 |- l) O$ t$ A: {"And what about the health risks," I asked. "Have you had many infections?" 4 j: i8 @" ]4 t, ^4 N2 V9 W5 L% t6 I$ \3 X" D
"Well, just chlamydia a couple of times, gonorrhoea - nothing much. Anyway, we test each month so, when you're diagnosed, you just take your medication and you're good to go. No problem."; X, K2 `$ J2 w& @/ l
2 |3 v" g! j. P. \+ I/ q& J. aThere was something very Californian about Bobbi, I decided.3 A/ X& r4 a5 C1 f8 ?2 k7 N
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9 {7 K5 R! a( q2 J5 d* N+ ]In fact there was something very Californian about the entire business. 4 c( N7 P& B7 z3 G! L' b 2 k& K0 d4 w4 }, J! D IA combination of determined enthusiasm, combined with a rebel attitude, a sort of libertarian defiance towards the forces ranged against it.6 l( `# K1 g% Q* _) F- _! q9 W; k
1 \8 q4 {. L; I& W5 JIt had taken a Supreme Court battle back in the 1980s to make porn legal in California in the first place, formally distinguishing it from common-or-garden prostitution.. D2 s4 Z) P" g- u0 \* L
( F. `: r8 h* B R4 X3 h$ hNow, many I met spoke of the right not to wear condoms as a key aspect of their constitutional right to free speech, as set out by the Founding Fathers.2 z0 ?1 ]: K+ v4 {1 Y1 l
* c+ o3 u) }9 P0 Z' O, ]. R. V"How can I express myself as an artist," one producer said to me, "if you're going to clothe my performers in rubber?" ( v3 ~# `# h% I) ^3 m7 I: ]0 N; Y' w6 z% C3 `$ Q2 Q
I struggled to picture Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson having this in mind as they penned the First Amendment. 4 }2 k3 _. [! Z9 S 7 H, Q+ E9 \* zBut then I also struggled to picture hordes of Star Trek fans queuing up to see Captain Jean-Luc Picard going hard-core with the crew of the Star Trek Enterprise. So what did I know?9 F* c( x `, H/ x7 T6 j" {
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The authorities though are adamant. Construction workers wear hard hats, miners wear masks - these actors have to have suitable barrier protection.5 Y4 e7 a, L0 x) ?. x6 e) J, J6 s
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It seems likely that porn will eventually lose its battle against the California regulators, not least because - as well as state penalties - the industry could be about to face some very expensive lawsuits brought by former performers.6 y9 t O$ K' R
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A number of actors told me privately that regulation could not come soon enough for them.: d4 D. w, w( A
9 C6 |! }+ w' Q; G3 Z3 W! p. F- O6 _The producers say this will not help workers but will only force production abroad, or underground - the public always gets what the public wants. ! s. L; }1 o. ~! I+ g; \$ p3 o/ Y8 K! F! D& d" N
That view was echoed by Bobbi Starr - her parting words, in fact, as she began to disrobe for her epic sex scene.3 c$ u: y, c# }" h3 Y
6 k" j* W: b- x& HI decided I had seen enough and slipped back out into the rain. 6 U, ?: H2 X5 @' o0 J ) L* I6 J) u4 |* r 1 g; ^( x" R1 h( U$ ]1 e1 j5 ]7 ` ! G: E3 W1 P3 D2 _0 b1 `1 r# S4 E - s7 Q# Z$ S& l" y! wCalls for greater safety increased after actors tested positive for HIV in 2004
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