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　　在位于香港郊区的一间寒酸的电影棚内，一位留着马尾辫的祼体男演员和他的情人躺在动物皮上，摄像机在旁边拍摄，这是有关中国古代一个位于地下的性活动场所的场景。

　　当演员们扭成一团时，导演孙立基喊道：“停。”他的目光从稍微有点模糊的高清电视屏幕上移开。他在摘下3D眼镜时叫道：“好。”

　　这并不是普通的成人电影，《3D肉蒲团之极乐宝鉴》已被宣传成世界首部IMAX 3D成人电影。香港三级片目前面临困境，它近年来遭到互联网免费成人电影的沉重打击。在詹姆斯-卡梅隆的《阿凡达》大获成功后，香港三级片希望靠3D来扭亏为赢。在英国接受教育的孙立基称：“当你在拍摄3D电影时，你总是想拍摄能给人留下深刻印象的影象，因为观众将花两倍或甚至三倍的票价来进入一个他们从未看到过的世界。这并不只是情色，他们需要一些震憾效果。”

　　这部将耗资3百万美元的影片根据中国经典情色小说《肉蒲团》改编，讲述了一个年轻男子与一名君主成为好朋友，参与皇室性狂欢和其它不当性行为的故事。

　　制片人希望情色故事片将能受到戴3D眼镜观众的热烈追捧，以帮助培育一个有利可图的小众电影市场。 电影制片人萧若元称：“由于中国禁播成人片，中国大陆观众对这部电影很感兴趣。”萧若元1991年制作的《肉蒲团之偷情宝鉴》获得了260万美元的票房，在十多年里一直保持着香港成人片最高票房的记录。

　　Hong Kong film hopes to break new ground with 3-D porn

　　On the leafy fringes of Hong Kong in a shabby film studio, a nude ponytailed actor stretched out on animal-skins with his lover as the cameras rolled in a set evoking a subterranean sex lair in ancient China。

　　Turning away from a slightly blurred high definition TV screen as the actors writhed, director Christopher Sun shouted "cut" whilst yanking off his 3-D glasses. "Good" he yelled。

　　No ordinary porn flick, "3-D Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" is being touted as the world's first IMAX-3-D erotic film。

　　First out of the gates, the soft porn Hong Kong film comes as the stricken industry, hit hard by free Internet porn in recent years, turns to 3-D as a potential money-spinner, following on from the success of Hollywood blockbusters such as James Cameron's Avatar。

　　"Somehow when you're doing a 3-D movie you always want to make an impressive image because the viewers ... are going to buy tickets with double or even triple the ticket price to get into a world they've never seen before," said the U.K.-educated Sun

　　"It's not just erotica, they want some 'wow factor!.'"

　　Based on a classic Chinese erotic text, "The Carnal Prayer Mat," the $3 million film follows a young man as he befriends a duke and enters a world of royal orgies and other sexual peccadilloes。

　　The producers are hoping the erotic period drama will prove a titillating hit with 3-D-glasses-wearing audiences and help develop a lucrative, niche film market。

　　"It's because it's forbidden in China, (that there) is so much enthusiasm in China for this film," said film maker Stephen Shiu, who was responsible for the original 1991 erotic film "Sex and Zen," which grossed over USD$2.6 million and held the mantle as the city's highest-grossing adult film for over a decade。

　　Taking almost twice the time to shoot than conventional films and with a higher budget, more advanced equipment and elaborate lighting, the takeup of 3-D productions has been relatively slow in the porno industry despite early excitement at its promise。

　　"We have to change the lenses for a long time, the setting, lighting, we need more time than a normal movie," said Japanese porn star Saori Hara after completing a scene。

　　Despite this, other major 3-D sex flicks are now reportedly in the works. Adult entertainment firm Hustler is reportedly working on a three-dimensional porno-spoof of the lithe, blue aliens in "Avatar," while Italian director Tinto Brass plans to film a 3-D version of his classic 1979 erotic film "Caligula," based loosely on the dissolute life of the Roman emperor。

　　The Hong Kong film has attracted the attention of distributors across Asia and Europe。

　　"The sex scenes are explicit and sometimes violent, but the main theme of the story is love," said Sun, the director。

　　(路透社)

　　(解雨)