张珊珊
发表于4分钟前回复 :Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed.The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.
朱珠
发表于2分钟前回复 :随着璀璨的太阳落下,新年前夜的幕布缓缓铺开,在这本该充满着希望与温馨的一夜里,却仍有一群人各自身陷烦恼。时代广场表演秀主持人摩根(希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank 饰)正在紧张地做最后排演;朵伊(莎拉·杰茜卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker 饰)正在与非要和男友过除夕的女儿海莉(阿比盖尔·布蕾斯琳 Abigail Breslin 饰)闹别扭;漫画家兰迪(阿什顿·库彻 Ashton Kutcher 饰)还沉浸在被前女友甩了的懊恼中,除夕只会让他更烦躁;而可怜的哈里斯(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)已经到了癌症晚期,只希望看最后一次时代广场的新年落球仪式……他们和众多被生活困扰的纽约人一样,在自己的小位置上忙碌,却来不及睁开眼睛看看,新年的恩泽已悄悄降临……