书城旅游地图一本书畅游世界顶级景点
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第30章 北美——相约最华丽的风情据点(3)

好莱坞不仅是全球时尚的发源地,也是全球音乐、电影产业的中心地带,拥有着世界顶级的娱乐产业和奢侈品牌,引领并代表着全球时尚的最高水平,梦工厂、迪士尼、20世纪福克斯、哥伦比亚公司、索尼公司、环球公司、WB(华纳兄弟)等这些电影巨头均落户于此。这里的时尚与科技互相牵制发展,自然不造作,拥有着深厚的时尚底蕴和雄厚的科技作支持,一直被全球各地争相模仿。

如今,这座因为电影而兴起的繁荣的城市,逐渐成为旅游的胜地,来自世界各地的人们争先恐后地来到这里一睹美国经典大片的诞生之地。

The Blatantly Hollywood Attractions 招摇的好莱坞景点

Chinese Theater

Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard is one of the most important attractions in Hollywood. It is well-known for the stars’ trails of hands and steps to attract international tourists to see.

Chinese Theater opened in May 1927, and was named by the appearance of its Chinese-style building, with the bronze roofs high into the sky and the inner cinema designed according to Chinese art.

The most attractive scenic spot is the footprints that 173 stars had left in the vestibule of the theater. The tourists came here to be busy photographing the stars’ footprints and comparing their handprints to the stars’. Many wellknown Hollywood stars have left marks there, such as Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Schwarzenegger, and even the cute Don Duck.

Sunset Station

Sunset station is a commercial street, this street is located in West Hollywood. Fashionable clothing stores, restaurants and cafes row upon row. And at night, here it is another Scene, a variety of nightclubs, discos attract droves of young people come to this bustling neon lights. In this street, you can see a lot of Hollywood stars.

Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

Hollywood’s Walk of Fame is along with Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street stretch of sidewalk. It was established in 1958. There are more than 2000 Star Medals with Hollywood celebrity name, in honour of their contribution to the entertainment industry.

Every star on the Hollywood’s Walk of Fame is made of a terrazzo: It’s made into pink pentagram studded with bronze and then embedded in dark gray box. Pink star is engraved in the award’s name, and under the name, there is a circular logo, representing the alumni’s field. These signs are:

Movie camera: contribute to the film industry.

TV: contribute to the TV industry.

Phonograph records: contribute to the music industry.

Radio microphones: contributing to the broadcast industry.

Tragicomic mask: contribute to the on-site theater.

Hollywood Outdoor Theater

Hollywood outdoor theater was built in 1922, located north of Hollywood, is a colorful concert special place. You will often see in television or film amphitheater, the Beatles have ever played there.

From July to early September each year, there is a wild concert by the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Hollywood theater common playing field. On Friday and Saturday, you can enjoy movies in this music, popular music and jazz and other music performances. Baseball season in four games at the fireworks show is also very popular. Going to the show during the fireworks would be a wise choice.

Paramount Cinema

Paramount Pictures is owned by the only remaining Hollywood studio, has advanced TV-hole shoes, many studioes, 32 control rooms using advanced technology, coupled with vividly for a realistic movie soundtrack.

Paramount’s pre-show is a costly room, one of the best in Hollywood, here to demonstrate the Paramount Classics film history and film playback. As the studio is not large, so take a walk way to visit. There are posted the photoes of the stars and their Movies Academic Award and Emmy. If you’re lucky, you can also witness the stars in film scenes.

中国戏院

好莱坞最重要的景点之一就是位于好莱坞大道上的中国戏院,以知名明星的手、脚印吸引各国游客到此一睹明星足迹。

中国戏院在1927年5月开幕,以其中国式建筑的外观得名,青铜色屋顶高入云霄,戏院内部也以中国艺术概念所设计。

中国戏院最吸引人的还是戏院前庭那173位明星所留下的足印,每个到此的游客,不是忙着拍摄自己偶像的足印,就是把自己的手放在明星手印上好好比对一番。很多著名好莱坞影星如丹泽尔·华盛顿、汤姆·汉克斯、哈里森·福特、梅尔·吉布森、汤姆·克鲁斯、阿诺德·施瓦辛格都在这里留下了纪念,就连唐老鸭也在这里留下了可爱的脚印。

日落台

日落台是一条商业街,这条街地处西好莱坞。时髦的服装店,饭馆及咖啡厅鳞次栉比。而一到晚上,这里又是另外一番景像,各种夜总会,迪厅吸引了成群结队的年轻人来到这繁华的霓虹灯下。在这条街,你能见到很多的好莱坞明星。

好莱坞星光大道

好莱坞星光大道建于1958年,是条沿美国好莱坞大道与藤街伸展的人行道,上面有2000多颗镶有好莱坞名人姓名的星形奖章,以纪念他们对娱乐工业的贡献。

好莱坞星光大道上每颗星皆由一颗水磨石制成:将其制成粉色五角星形并镶上青铜然后嵌入深灰色的方块中。粉色星形内是刻在青铜上的授奖者名字,在此下面则为一环状标志,代表受奖人领取了星星所在的领域。这些标志有:

电影摄影机:对电影产业有所贡献。

电视机:对电视产业有所贡献。

留声机唱片:对唱片产业有所贡献。

广播麦克风:对广播产业有所贡献。

悲喜剧面具:对现场戏剧有所贡献。

好莱坞野外剧场

好莱坞野外剧场修建于1922年,位于好莱坞北端,是一个百色的演唱会专用场所,游客经常都会在电视或电影看到这个圆形剧场,甲壳虫乐队也曾在此演奏。

每年的7~9月初,这里有一个野外音乐会,由洛杉矶乐团和好莱坞野外剧场交响乐团共同演奏。周五和周六,游客可以在这尽情欣赏电影音乐,流行音乐以及爵士音乐等多种音乐的演出。在棒球赛季中举行的4场焰火晚会也很是受人欢迎。所以在焰火晚会期间去这个地方不失为一个明智选择。

派拉蒙电影城

这是派拉蒙电影公司所拥有的好莱坞仅存的片场,拥有先进的TV洞鞋,录音室多,32个操纵室采用先进电影技术,可以为电影配上生动逼真的电影原声。

派拉蒙的预映室耗资巨大,在好莱坞数一数二,这里向人们展示着派拉蒙的电影史和电影经典回放。由于片场并不大,所以采取步行参观的方式。这里到处贴有公司麾下明星的照片以及他们的电影学术办会奖和艾美奖。如果你运气好的话,还可以目睹明星们拍片的场面。

Hollywood Classic Movies 相约好莱坞佳片

Hollywood is a vibrant city. History of Hollywood is the history of American film. Films produced by Hollywood not only meets the needs of the U.S. film market, but also are exported to all over the world. They not only output the American culture, but also bring investors more profits. Here are a few classic films:

Casablanca

It is the most famous works of American-style theme. In Rick cafe, everyone singing La Marseillaise is portrayed, in the year the song has inspired countless people struggle for the anti-fascist war, even today, we can still feel the patriotism from the power of this paragraph. In contrast, among the handsome hero-and-beauty type of love entanglement, it becomes a little condiment in the film.

Gone with the Wind

This is the golden age of Hollywood’s representative works, the story of Scarlett, has so many passionate women fascinating, although there was some distortion of a civil war in the history of film, but the beauty of the flames of love, always able to attract people’s attention, this luxury giant is as the love of Hollywood’s most outstanding film.