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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 . r4 j3 t6 G1 J8 k. p2 w3 ]
$ ?) V. E3 m* L; W3 ~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…… ' z& z& O8 t" M) U* X . A7 Y3 h+ `7 A: j7 s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。/ p1 W& c+ l" A6 @1 K
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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。” & A! @/ e) m* d) g* A! B7 H- _! z: `+ `$ ]
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首先映入眼帘的一切,并没能满足我的预期值。但是说实话,我也不知道自己到底指望着能看到什么。+ E, ~& k% g' h
" w, t) q& E% |& n当天,她的日程安排得很紧凑,两句台词,四小时的性爱。星期二试装,然后就去接受每月一次的体检。宝碧每一天都要工作15个小时。' H- \: X. o5 }3 J8 Q) k- W
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我说,“你一定很累吧”?她微笑着回答说,“习惯了”。 7 B7 t% `/ r. {+ c6 p1 |+ ^9 a& F* w4 S/ j
我接着问,“那么,健康风险呢?你经常被感染吗”?5 z0 N- a3 Y8 G% S8 S i
7 w9 s5 B: P2 J" K, o2 |4 _她说,“也就是染上过一两次衣原体,还有淋病,除此之外,没什么大不了的。我们每个月都体检,得了病,赶紧吃药,然后就又能回去上班了。没问题。” 7 @ C( ^8 `- ~. M" i1 N+ G* u3 I 9 {9 M& G ^+ T: d我看,宝碧人很“加州”。进一步说,整个色情电影业都有点“很加州”的意思。有执著的热情、反叛的心态,还有一点点自由主义者反抗压力的顽强。 " X: x |4 M; X$ G9 X. c8 N: o, m! \9 H& q
1980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。 ; ^3 h2 \0 w5 E3 o: I不戴安全套的权利 ; [* y( A9 F9 A. Q! F- t7 C" ^# ~ 8 ^& h8 {2 B( K: ?5 b- G$ T现在,我遇到的许多人都说,不戴安全套的权利是宪法赋予的言论自由权利的一个关键部分,正如美国的立国之父指出的那样。 9 t! V; Q+ Z5 R+ K - V. i, H/ e1 ^6 r$ Y# K- T* @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”? 3 s! D( f7 o) Z9 Q! a! j7 J ) p, ^7 L' I; V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。 . y% _- e. V, z: ?, B8 e 0 _4 U; r% W* b% J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? * i j; S! x* z2 y3 h9 ~( p) P/ t% x+ _. j) g
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。8 _& t0 p( C' Z# m5 V1 G0 N
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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。 8 m3 B: P Y* E4 h' O2 ~) V4 V' `# c5 C( C
一些演员私下告诉我,他们盼着立法赶快生效。6 `7 R; Z8 T4 r0 V- h
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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。* U( e% p2 }# g: |6 ^
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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。5 v$ C; v% U' }! y# i; r
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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……. . @" ^7 [- U3 X! k. W% {+ G) F; v+ s/ C' f
; D' b1 k8 r4 E6 i- f0 ZCalifornian porn industry's 'perfect storm' of troubles ! u8 u7 y* M# c! |& I- L 9 v# e) @4 ?; K9 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. 1 R& b( A5 A R2 q- H4 f, D( n, Z: v9 u + t" ^3 Y( Y: eLight drizzle was falling as I pulled my car up outside a low-rise warehouse studio in northern Los Angeles. 6 z6 ?$ @4 ^+ I3 P% \! ~" s( K' r# R
I had been told just to pitch up - it would be fun, they had said, to see how we do things. : v4 d7 n- [+ B4 t/ q5 p) A9 G% B, s7 G
What I did see at first did not quite match my expectations but then again, I was not quite sure what to expect. ^1 ? P# ^+ Y( u+ p3 b) E" K
, ~" h5 J4 Q- q6 lThe porn shoot was Star Trek, the Next Generation - a triple-X parody, billed as a humorous tribute to the iconic TV space saga.* l" S g9 h* |! T- ~* a
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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.; R) _$ [; }% i7 |4 N4 [
6 {/ \- k1 I0 ]5 s2 b' 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., S5 l! m; o; l, S7 w
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Only 30 minutes of this two-hour sex film would involve plot, he sighed. . J$ c% d& i0 B# R3 o# G1 x$ X o8 _. w6 w7 |
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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.9 L8 g7 @9 p2 n" b6 V: y
0 Q9 X- n" u' ~ H. gThe problem, increasingly, is revenue.3 l9 y5 \$ ~# G4 l/ ]" V; N+ u& y
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Like the music industry, pornographers are struggling to persuade their audience to pay for what they watch.- ^; b3 R# K3 \1 m* S$ g/ g1 q
+ r% ^( Y& j) d- Z. ODVD sales have collapsed. Online, a great deal of porn can be accessed for free.8 C P7 c' M! a$ `/ W! v: Z
$ Y- m3 f8 L0 f% ^- A: u- ^: cAnd the economic downturn does not help. : G+ @9 e/ ^/ ?" V) _8 L ( E% J* `# d7 A z: D7 a: p"What with the recession and piracy, we call it the perfect storm," one leading producer observed wistfully. 9 f2 Z5 t8 H1 C/ V# X! u! i& B0 D2 A( V) T5 o6 ~5 V6 {$ g% U
The economic climate also means the industry is even less keen to accept California's increasingly stringent workplace regulations.* w- f b& Q) |6 p0 W, ~" }" J X
* V/ K; [9 j. P, N+ H _ r# eFor years, the authorities have been demanding that porn performers wear condoms. ( a l9 w1 T- ?7 H, S& ? , l- F; e4 T4 r7 ?9 ?Health scares - most notoriously in 2004 when three actors contracted HIV - have highlighted significant levels of infection on set.3 \% r; Y! w, J* m/ V$ Q
0 i. A3 z, m4 {; w( KBut the industry says wearing condoms on-screen is a turn-off. The public do not want it, it will kill the fantasy, they say./ ]" o' _9 ?1 H4 X9 V
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Back on the Star Trek set, I talked to Bobbi Starr, one of the lead performers. 6 u- v9 g) D$ l5 s7 a& ^! j% v4 ~9 l8 \9 }# K
A college graduate, a former national standard swimmer and professional oboist, she seems to have packed a lot into her 27 years.; y8 U) e+ E" F. x2 q2 A
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She turned to porn, she said, out of a sense of sexual adventure.* e* z6 [/ V$ j1 D' K2 `
" W5 H0 h3 L8 n. o" _# U% }1 w"It's just fun," she said, "and when everyone around you is having fun too, what's not to love?"! J: _+ d) }8 S& y1 y
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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. + F8 r( ]& p- z, y$ s3 V" i Z3 T+ ^( c: H
Each day would be 15 hours long. 2 T) p. M& O3 m& N5 w1 T % M! j: G: ]/ d/ Z0 _"Wow, you must be exhausted?" I suggested. 2 ]! G2 x0 O, a5 z( t5 t6 m( K& }' e) S3 w+ v
"You get used to it," she smiled.( J$ G' g* t6 b
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"And what about the health risks," I asked. "Have you had many infections?"1 f A% W$ S, h6 Y, ^
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"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." % G# ~ A, C8 s. v. } ( u8 Z& S4 _0 f% @3 k6 O+ YThere was something very Californian about Bobbi, I decided. " E& T9 L1 R- {$ u ' M3 g. U3 ~8 C% F3 [: F, cExpensive lawsuits 7 \1 b. y& J& y8 k. \0 `, S3 p& s$ z4 P% f/ k4 ?2 n( |
In fact there was something very Californian about the entire business. 8 ?' o) \9 c! ?5 Y9 `, d , B* ?% m- }; O+ m$ u0 i: YA combination of determined enthusiasm, combined with a rebel attitude, a sort of libertarian defiance towards the forces ranged against it. E* N! e# }8 k+ Y
* _# h+ F8 K: u/ g% cIt 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. / x/ f) w0 {4 e# j' b p* f8 E X# F9 R2 A" e8 n$ H" c
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.0 I4 \8 ^- r" ~& n2 g
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I struggled to picture Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson having this in mind as they penned the First Amendment. , N; ?& d& _0 p: e" @; O0 j1 F" e! w* M$ q/ L* g7 z; u# C- f0 }0 C
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?, A" Q0 n) y" w/ S6 f* g
3 e U. N% m' H0 kThe authorities though are adamant. Construction workers wear hard hats, miners wear masks - these actors have to have suitable barrier protection.# ]/ R4 }2 h3 [: H: c& E
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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. , D: I3 N( o6 n$ I& j; o, u5 ]4 B5 W4 I9 x k$ l2 p' `6 I8 w
A number of actors told me privately that regulation could not come soon enough for them.( |5 W( [9 V7 b( z$ N t' e
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The producers say this will not help workers but will only force production abroad, or underground - the public always gets what the public wants. ' E2 E5 c' d# A9 T) y/ j3 h 2 x# X. S, f/ f( ]1 o; S) N. h6 X/ NThat view was echoed by Bobbi Starr - her parting words, in fact, as she began to disrobe for her epic sex scene. 6 i+ C9 k5 _* ^1 Y& w# D * }5 _" M n9 L1 L8 m2 L1 r' o) Q6 aI decided I had seen enough and slipped back out into the rain. 7 f& g( G2 S) | ~ 7 v# F e9 F9 K9 B2 h7 _$ p ( C9 X, w: ?* Z6 I 0 C- L$ Q- [9 Z. e# _. `$ M* Z( x3 K* N2 e- a' k- X
Calls for greater safety increased after actors tested positive for HIV in 2004