Los Angeles birni ne na celluloid, kayan alatu da nishaɗi. A can, kusan kilomita 35 ne kawai, tsibirin Santa Catalina, tsibirin taurari.. Mun kira shi saboda tsananin roko da wannan tsibirin yayi wa taurari da yawa, wadanda a lokutan hutu ba su yi jinkiri ba na ɗan lokaci don tserewa don yin tunanin teku daga baranda na wani otal mai marmari.
Fiye da fina-finai XNUMX aka yi fim a kan wannan ƙaramin tsibirin amma kyakkyawa, wani dalili kuma da ya sa ya zama sananne. Santa Catalina ita ce hanyar da aka fi so ga masu yin fim don yin rikodin al'amuran waje waɗanda ke buƙatar kyawawan ra'ayoyi da shimfidar wurare. Wannan shine yadda hotonsa ya kasance cikin sihiri kamar Jaws (1975) ko tsibirin Treasure (1932).
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe ko Charles Chaplin baƙi ne na yau da kullun zuwa Santa Catalina, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu suka sayi kadarori a can ko kuma suka yi hayar su na dogon lokaci. Kyakkyawan tashar tashar jirgin ruwa da ta gabace ta ya haifar da rayuwa mai kuzari da rashin tabbas. A cikin babban birni, ana kiransa Avalon, akwai manyan otal-otal, sanduna da wuraren shakatawa na dare waɗanda ke cike da matasa, kyawawa da attajirai galibi. Kodayake koyaushe akwai sarari ga kowa. Tabbas, yawan yawon bude ido ya sanya tsibirin ba ya zama matattarar nishadi da ake nema ba. Koyaya, jaruman babban allon koyaushe suna ɗaukar lokaci don ziyartar Santa Catalina, tsibirin taurari.