第222期：爱在洛杉矶：一起去逛“爱乐之城”

想成为我们的主播，欢迎加微信 xdfbook 投稿。 一段美文，一首英文歌，或是一点生活感想，全由你做主。 《爱在洛杉矶：一起去逛“爱乐之城”》 La La Land Locations: 10 of the Best to Visit in Los Angeles Shot in more than 40 locations in LA, the musical La La Land is “a love letter to the city,” according to its producer. To coincide with the UK release, we asked a local writer to pick some of the film’s iconic settings. Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange1) La La Land’s opening scene is a six-minute dance number2) to the song Another Day of Sun that plays out amid LA’s notoriously bad traffic. It’s also where the film’s protagonists, struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), first encounter each other—albeit in a road rage incident. The scene is said to have been filmed over two hot days in a ramp3) at this interchange between the carpool lanes4) of the 105 (Century) and 110 (Harbor) freeways in south LA. The downtown skyline and surrounding mountains can be seen in the distance. Smokehouse5) Restaurant, Burbank6) This is the setting for the scene in which Mia discovers Sebastian’s talent for the piano. The fictional Lipton’s restaurant—where jazz purist Sebastian grudgingly7) agrees to play Christmas music—is in reality a venerable8) eatery long frequented by actors, producers and other showbiz9) types. It has been on this spot, across the street from the Warner Bros studio, since 1949. In the film, the exterior of Lipton’s is the You Are the Star mural10), which features Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and others, which is on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood. Cathy’s Corner, Mount Hollywood Drive “Not much to look at, huh?” Sebastian cracks11) about the gorgeous city view. “I’ve seen better,” Mia replies. This section of the road that winds through Griffith Park12) is the setting of the duo’s six-minute song-and-dance number, A Lovely Night, after they reconnect at a Hollywood Hills party. It overlooks the San Fernando Valley and features prominently on the film posters. Cathy’s Corner is near famed Mulholland Drive, but prepare for disappointment if you’re expecting a park bench and street lamps. They only exist in the movie. Warner Bros Studios, Burbank Mia works at the studio’s coffee shop, where Sebastian comes to meet her. As they wander the studio’s lot, Mia points out “the window that Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman looked out in Casablanca.” It’s one of the film’s numerous nods to movie history. Warner Bros is still a working studio, with 35 sound stages13), 14 exterior sets, postproduction services and visitor tours. La La Land was also filmed in part at Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles. The Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach Sebastian introduces Mia to “pure jazz” at this nightclub, which has been a hot spot for jazz since 1949, and shares with her his dream of opening his own club. He later gets a job here as a piano player. Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie14) are among the legends who have performed here. Today, the Lighthouse is no longer a jazz-only club; it hosts salsa, country and reggae15), too. Nearby is Hermosa Beach Pier16), where Sebastian first sings City of Stars, a recurring song in the film. Jar, a modern American chop house, Central LA Jar is the retro-modern restaurant where Mia abandons her boyfriend, Greg, by walking out on a double date. Opened in 2001, this restaurant has featured in TV series such as Ray Donovan and Modern Family as well as 2009 Paul Rudd rom-com17) I Love You, Man. Noted for its steaks, Jar has been ranked among the city’s best restaurants by local food critics. Shortly after Mia leaves the restaurant—to swelling music—she walks north on Harper Avenue. Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena18) The lovers meet here to watch a 10pm screening of Rebel Without a Cause. Dating from 1925 and described by the Los Angeles Times as “an odd mashup19) of Spanish baroque and Egyptian kitsch20)”, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This single-screen cinema, one of the last of its kind in southern California, seats 1,300 people and once hosted vaudeville21) shows. Michael Jackson’s Thriller video was filmed here, as were parts of The Player and Scream 2. It closed in 2007, though there are plans to reopen it. Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park From Cathy’s Corner, Mia and Sebastian continue their date at this 1935 art deco22) landmark and tourist attraction, named for Welsh industrialist and philanthropist Griffith J. Griffith. Though his reputation was marred when he was prosecuted in 1903 for shooting his wife, the observatory named after him is well-loved and offers popular planetarium shows and spectacular views of the city and the nearby Hollywood sign. It was also the site of the knife fight scene in 1955’s Rebel without a Cause, commemorated by a bust of its star, James Dean. El Rey Theatre, Miracle Mile This is where Sebastian plays keyboards for the Messengers, a pop-jazz group fronted23) by his old acquaintance Keith. It’s the first big sign that his music career is taking off. Opened in 1936, graceful, art deco El Rey was a cinema and a dance club before becoming a music venue in the 1990s. With a capacity of 770, it has hosted myriad indie bands, including Yo La Tengo, as well as Bob Dylan and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Rock agent Tom Windish reportedly called El Rey one of “the best mid-sized venues in LA.” The Blind Donkey, Long Beach This bar is the setting of Seb’s jazz club at the end of the film—where Mia and Sebastian have their final, bittersweet encounter. In real life, expect whiskey, wine and beer instead of jazz. Also in Long Beach is the nearby setting of Mia’s pink apartment, shown earlier in the film. Built in 1928 in Spanish colonial style, Rose Towers (1728 E. 3rd St., Long Beach) is a 20-unit complex that was restored about a decade ago in a project lauded by the Los Angeles Conservancy. 音乐歌舞片《爱乐之城》在洛杉矶拍摄,取景点超过40个，如其制片人所述，这是“一封写给洛杉矶的情书”。该片在英国上映之际(编注：英文原文发表于今年1月)，我们邀请一位洛杉矶当地作家选出了片中的一些标志性背景。 “法官哈利·普雷格森”立交桥 《爱乐之城》的开场是一段六分钟的舞蹈，配乐是《另一个晴朗天》，拍摄背景是洛杉矶尽人皆知的糟糕交通。这也是该片的主人公——努力奋斗的女演员米娅(艾玛·斯通饰)和爵士钢琴家塞巴斯蒂安(瑞恩·高斯林饰)——首次邂逅的地方，尽管是在一次“路怒”事件中。据称，这一幕是在两个炎热的日子里拍摄的，地点是洛杉矶南部105号(世纪)高速公路与110号(港口)高速公路共乘车道交叉处的匝道。从这里可以看到远处的市中心天际线和周边的山峰。 文章摘自：《新东方英语》杂志2017年5月号