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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
萨玛拉·维文([辣手保姆])、卡莉·查肯(《黑客军团》)加盟黑色惊悚片[最后的清晰时刻](Last Moment of Clarity,暂译)。影片故事讲述山姆逃离到巴黎,以此忘记未婚妻格鲁吉亚(维文饰)被谋杀的事实,然而他却发现一个电影女星和格鲁吉亚非常相似,而他必须和好友凯特(查肯饰)找到格鲁吉亚的秘密。该片由詹姆斯·克里斯尔、科林·克里斯尔执导并操刀剧本。
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Grace are best friends. Will is a gay lawyer and Grace is a straight interior designer. They both live in New York. Grace is engaged to a real jerk, but when that relationship falls apart, she moves in with Will. This is only supposed to be until Grace finds a place of her own, but she and Will end up with each other as permanent roommates. Also in the cast are Jack, Will's flamboyant gay friend and Karen, Graces' secretaryassistant who doesn't really need to work because she married money several times.
影片以重复加碎片式的感官叙事手法,讲述了年迈且身患疾病的安东尼(安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)正在面临一项艰难的人生选择——是搬到养老院还是接受女儿寻找的新护工。在这个过程中,安东尼发现自己仿佛进入了一场奇怪的时空之旅,错乱的记忆和时间线交织出一段段匪夷所思的故事,而一个个陌生又熟悉的人也让他陷入迷茫。 影片根据法国小说家兼剧作家佛罗莱恩·泽勒的舞台剧《父亲》改编。