蔡秋凤
发表于6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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
姚健
发表于9分钟前回复 :查穆先生(罗伯特·雷德福 Robert Redford 饰)是一名老木匠,他总喜欢给孩子们讲一个关于龙的故事,故事中的龙居住在位于太平洋西北部的茂密丛林中,查穆先生说他曾经亲眼见证过龙的存在。女儿格蕾丝(布莱丝·达拉斯·霍华德 Bryce Dallas Howard 饰)对于这个父亲已经讲了一百万次的故事不屑一顾,她认为这绝对是父亲信口胡说乱编的故事。一次偶然中,格蕾丝遇见了一个名为彼得(奥克斯·弗格雷 Oakes Fegley 饰)的男孩,男孩告诉格蕾丝,他没有亲人也没有家,唯一的朋友便是一条名叫艾略特的飞龙。皮特的叙述让格蕾丝想到了父亲的故事,两者之间有着惊人的相似,为了证实彼得的话,格蕾丝踏上了寻找龙的旅途。