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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
故事讲述在1950年代的伦敦,一个孤注一掷的好莱坞制片人要把一出广受欢迎的西区戏剧改编成电影,但此时发生了剧组成员被谋杀事件。因此,一个厌世的探长(山姆·洛克威尔 饰)和一个过分热情的新手警察(西尔莎·罗南 饰)游走在伦敦迷人的戏剧圈和肮脏的地下世界,陷入了令人费解的侦探故事中。
加菲猫从小到大的生活都沉浸在――高热量的食物,睡觉,捉弄愚蠢的狗狗和主人乔恩•阿卜(布瑞金•梅耶 Breckin Meyer 饰)的宠爱中,加菲觉得这就是完美的生活。直到有一天,乔恩带加菲去宠物医院时,受美女兽医所托领养了小狗欧弟,加菲的生活彻底改变。 欧弟的到来意味着要和加菲分享食物和阿卜的宠爱,更让加菲嫉妒的是阿卜和美女兽医约会竟然带欧弟而不带它。加菲恨不得将欧弟赶出家门。一晚,加菲将欧弟关在门外,原只想惩罚一下欧弟,没想到欧弟走失了。 阿卜四出寻找欧弟未果。加菲通过调查,得知欧弟被残忍的训狗师捉走了。加菲决定大展身手,只身前往救出欧弟。
讲述在莫斯科50年代一群年轻人为了听另类的音乐、穿另类的服饰、坚持独特的方式而寻找自我和与社会抗争的故事。 影片开头讲诉的是50年代的前苏联一群叛逆的青年想要自由,和别人不一样,在大环境下显示出鲜明的对比,画面色彩部分尤为强烈,随着剧情的深入,这种封闭的社会和开放的意识形成强烈的冲突。男主角的改变到对女主角的爱加上朋友之间的感情,父亲对孩子的支持理解,让影片有一种浓浓的人文关怀,导演在优美的歌舞中传达着对那个年代的自我封闭一种反抗,不过不失,不卑不亢,彰显功力,镜头的运用,剪切的手法均属一流,歌舞桥段也保留着俄罗斯的风格,对爵士音乐的渲染也体现了追求自由的深度。 俄罗斯一直盛产美女,影片中的女主角们都十分养眼,Oksana Akinshina和永远的莉莉亚那个时候比只是成熟了许多,并没有太大的改变。 谁都曾经青春年少,电影中部分情节点出了人始终要成长,要为自己的将来负责。最后的歌曲就是整部电影想要表达的意境。