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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 8 A' g" w( [1 W n. q6 x1 }( a : Y: W/ U5 c. Z( ^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……. b0 Z( T" s }1 j5 A
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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。7 F1 N# d i/ b# [* u% J& g
P0 w6 L4 s5 l0 ^0 Z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。”! B' l1 C8 Z2 J. v8 }% m
8 s' l& v! ^9 S$ H \) D, t4 U9 Y- r4 d1980年代,官司一直打到高等法院,色情电影在加州才得到了合法化的地位,正式与普通意义上的嫖娼卖淫划清了界限。& Q' k0 L, v+ ^ S) T1 X P0 D
不戴安全套的权利5 V9 W/ G/ }4 T' k' D p* F
: @" y" r- B. I" F; e# Z( ]一名制片人告诉我,“如果你把我的演员都装在橡胶里面,作为艺术家,我还能怎样表述自我呢”?* w( b' c! U" A5 L2 D/ p
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我很难想象,法兰克林和杰弗逊起草《第一修正案》的时候,想到过戴不戴安全套的权利。: b! @. ]. }6 H6 t+ x2 C$ s
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但是,我也很难想象,《星际迷航》的粉丝们排着长队去看皮克船长和“进取号”的船员们真刀真枪地“肉搏”。所以,我算老几呢?! o" N- U( ~7 h6 D1 D5 o( B
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但是,当局非常坚决。建筑工人必须戴头盔,矿工必须戴口罩,色情演员也必须有适当的保护。 ' I/ f( c" R+ G# N, N ( ?# U3 j+ }0 X( m# u% _和加州的立法人对阵,色情电影业最终很有可能打败仗。除了罚款,色情电影业也面临着一些前任演员们提出的代价昂贵的法律诉讼。 . K# Q; i: Y! Q$ \/ F1 ]2 g% D# ~& Q. n) c) x& |+ m5 [1 T3 L+ q8 J
一些演员私下告诉我,他们盼着立法赶快生效。. A% @% X0 A! U/ `: F
9 H- j! Q, A* W& h2 O/ ~制片人说,这对雇员没有任何好处,只会迫使制片公司搬到海外、或者转移到地下去拍片。观众想看的,就一定能看得到。 8 _2 H/ `, ?" d# f" r4 V 9 G q6 M1 A) r, o! w, W9 s) f1 m4 S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。 ) i, `6 |5 z, K# r+ m/ Q ' [: _ f! S6 `2 m4 b/ A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…….5 d. A( k0 A3 b0 ?
9 D# _5 S7 l- ~, c8 J( m' V 0 Y& s- @. z+ } S2 y) ~0 xCalifornian porn industry's 'perfect storm' of troubles # Z7 o; M3 B8 d+ k 5 ^+ y! H1 u: q" w! o0 |7 q* wCalifornia'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. 6 V' n3 b! O: Y6 f2 ]2 ` + T$ l& a7 A [8 r2 ^4 RLight drizzle was falling as I pulled my car up outside a low-rise warehouse studio in northern Los Angeles. 8 n# @3 F2 Y. c$ z2 s2 i8 i0 w# D + @( d- s/ o. G: A, cI had been told just to pitch up - it would be fun, they had said, to see how we do things. 2 z; Y# E: H$ g 1 W$ ~3 ?8 M) O5 d3 V; VWhat I did see at first did not quite match my expectations but then again, I was not quite sure what to expect. 6 l5 L t+ c" W# g1 @" c4 K( w: o5 N- O8 h
The porn shoot was Star Trek, the Next Generation - a triple-X parody, billed as a humorous tribute to the iconic TV space saga. 8 e+ U) C% E, ~9 m1 U% z; E7 X% {' k2 J
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.) `( ^# B: W* V, a% K( s/ e$ A4 e
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This 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.7 r, z; n5 f P8 f
7 B9 E A, A2 o# R; i1 R1 Q6 BOnly 30 minutes of this two-hour sex film would involve plot, he sighed. 6 x; t/ t2 j6 x- | 1 x; F" Z i$ d* J6 p: jFantasy( m- R0 }, L, s; u" q6 }
- F7 k, U+ s& E% z i5 W' ~The 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. 7 ]# Y8 [- q/ m. R0 x- q b3 B) c4 M% \ : |4 `1 B% F0 f2 E3 c K |The problem, increasingly, is revenue. 9 `. h0 L; {5 V* b+ N* w. H: a# D# g7 }" t
Like the music industry, pornographers are struggling to persuade their audience to pay for what they watch. " Y6 }! b& J( c+ z; X2 V. k3 x1 ~! p! r4 ~, b, f( F
DVD sales have collapsed. Online, a great deal of porn can be accessed for free.: m7 l2 e- W6 i- N# h7 Q- u
: ^) Q C) a9 i& e+ MAnd the economic downturn does not help. . J0 H \5 C; e: g2 O, X7 q7 \$ j5 p! x/ j- f
"What with the recession and piracy, we call it the perfect storm," one leading producer observed wistfully. 2 O$ _% l$ z2 M9 a" P: } 5 Q% B @. Q7 R$ ?5 VThe economic climate also means the industry is even less keen to accept California's increasingly stringent workplace regulations.! g- I; n5 {, B% Z) W
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For years, the authorities have been demanding that porn performers wear condoms. , s$ X# i7 Z; ~4 D* V1 G7 H3 w/ {3 L3 D4 x# y; t* B
Health scares - most notoriously in 2004 when three actors contracted HIV - have highlighted significant levels of infection on set.& D' Y0 p% K; ]) z, u9 E
t$ t! ]" c& K) D2 @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.9 @' ]# I0 g2 R3 U l% q
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Back on the Star Trek set, I talked to Bobbi Starr, one of the lead performers. , X/ ]0 Y. k7 H9 e2 {3 f n' z7 r 5 E. A; g# K) \ c" UA college graduate, a former national standard swimmer and professional oboist, she seems to have packed a lot into her 27 years.1 U( o, K% A7 _7 M7 k6 D8 U
1 F" \6 u1 ~( y& e9 ~6 P0 UShe turned to porn, she said, out of a sense of sexual adventure., U, u& F8 R7 G6 P
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"It's just fun," she said, "and when everyone around you is having fun too, what's not to love?" 0 F9 }# b1 |' ^* T$ k3 s j7 K9 H; U. ?0 F3 A- g. w
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. ) F* h- ~) U! b P" \$ j$ U 6 v' {4 e# B# \Each day would be 15 hours long.; _' d- O/ S7 W; @) Y+ T
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"Wow, you must be exhausted?" I suggested. ! w" m! O% Z3 o M4 `" T* o% P: ]6 i
"You get used to it," she smiled. ' m0 V& i1 n. {2 F4 f ' I" b' O. J7 C, e& u"And what about the health risks," I asked. "Have you had many infections?" % B/ E( a) f" H! u8 z( y2 V d$ X+ {9 ]3 R$ h' i$ O: k$ ~
"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." 0 r. Q) s4 Q# U. `" S; t! |! s( l( i) C
There was something very Californian about Bobbi, I decided. - R+ P; y" K) D( A- k* l4 t/ x- f2 l0 |' Z
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9 g/ `. i- u) _2 l" ]/ `3 QIn fact there was something very Californian about the entire business." A! X9 M/ S8 A8 Q$ q6 R& `
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A combination of determined enthusiasm, combined with a rebel attitude, a sort of libertarian defiance towards the forces ranged against it.. ]8 C7 W" \ E u b
/ _* Y. K9 G" k( q& j* R2 [It 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. " o& @* j0 p) A* W% A6 {2 X5 J7 D8 A9 R3 @6 d8 @
Now, 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. ( T. ?0 K; e( Y0 x' [/ H1 ^* V) b* I0 ^- Y, B9 Y8 q* }0 ^ E& a) ~
"How can I express myself as an artist," one producer said to me, "if you're going to clothe my performers in rubber?"+ F! m* ^ B* B6 V. B. W. K
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I struggled to picture Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson having this in mind as they penned the First Amendment.- B0 `0 S: }7 r, U7 ^
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But 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?8 ~! S$ o5 b+ l; d! O$ t3 ?7 R
, a `# W6 n1 g6 I5 K" nThe authorities though are adamant. Construction workers wear hard hats, miners wear masks - these actors have to have suitable barrier protection. / r/ A6 \, G# m& m % W+ \% R" ^8 W+ n4 |+ z+ IIt 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.4 g) H$ _1 u1 L# _
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A number of actors told me privately that regulation could not come soon enough for them. ' t$ O7 n) i# T! c( c$ Y3 ^% m . ]% g( [& N+ Z# xThe producers say this will not help workers but will only force production abroad, or underground - the public always gets what the public wants." X7 R# G4 }& S# Y! f
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That view was echoed by Bobbi Starr - her parting words, in fact, as she began to disrobe for her epic sex scene. 7 e. w, F% Z5 |- U$ N! f9 r 0 E G6 k# x; {6 |/ Q& JI decided I had seen enough and slipped back out into the rain. 0 d3 |8 C+ e- @' j2 o; I/ C# i L# B( b. [$ Y) [ 5 R3 }+ J5 o( B: \; i+ H, }( d) ^ - n8 K Y! T3 R/ g& S" l! l9 x8 ?- Q( B% j3 e; g$ q L* w2 }- {7 S
Calls for greater safety increased after actors tested positive for HIV in 2004