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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
好莱坞早在1968年就拍摄了这一取材于法国作家皮埃尔.鲍李(Pierre Boulle)的著名同名科幻小说的电影,在当时,影片以其构思奇特的情节、精妙真的化装技术以及令人出乎意料甚至颇感震撼的结局而大受欢迎,也催生了其后的四部续集和两部电视剧集的诞生。 影片要素: 两千年后的地球,上校乔治.泰勒(Colonel George Taylor),和他的战友们,以佐斯博士(Dr. Zauis)为首的残暴的星球统治者,善良的同情人类的猿族夫妇兹瑞和考尼斯(Zira and Cornelius)和他们的儿子凯撒(Caesar),猿族,人类 影片资料: 《人猿星球》(Planet of the Apes) 1968年 乔治的飞船误入两千年后的地球并失事,在善良的猿族夫妇兹瑞和考尼斯的帮助下,他逃出了猿族的监牢,但猿族首领佐斯博士并没打算放过他... 《失陷猩球》(Beneath the Planet of the Apes) 1970年 前来搜寻乔治的飞船再次失事在星球上,新加入的战友和乔治联手去阻止猿族对人类的杀戮。 《逃离猩球》(Escape from the Planet of the Apes) 1971年 帮助人类的猿族夫妇兹瑞和考尼斯这回自身难保,他们的飞船坠毁在1973年的地球,人类发现了未来猿族将要统治人类,瑞兹肚里的小猿孩能存活吗?人们将怎么对待他们这对会说话的猿族? 《猩球征服》(Conquest of the Planet of the Apes) 1972年 上集中猿族夫妇最终没能逃脱人类毒手,但他们的孩子凯撒却在善良的马戏团主里卡多(Ricardo Montalban)的保护下长大了,1983年,来自外太空的病毒使猫狗灭绝了,人类开始以会说话的猩猩作为宠物,但他们的遭遇却比猫狗惨得多,1991年,在凯撒的领导下,日益聪明的猿族,即猩猩(Orangutans)、黑猩猩(Chimps)和大猩猩们(Gorillas)联合起来反抗了,人类能镇压这场猿族的革命吗? 《决战猩球》(Battle for the Planet of the Apes) 1973年 2678年,猿族教授在讲述凯撒当年的故事,那是在2015年,猿族中发生叛乱,大猩猩们在将军艾多(General Aldo)的带领下和一群发生变异的人类一同意图推翻凯撒的领导,决战开始了...
2017年,母星遭到毁灭的外星流亡者入侵地球。人类虽然用核武器打败对手,但也付出失去家园的惨痛代价。在接下来将近半个世纪的时光中,人类移民泰坦星(土卫六),不过仍有极少部分人类留在故土,扫荡残存的外星掠夺者。杰克·哈珀(汤姆·克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰)与维多利亚(安德丽亚·瑞斯波罗格 Andrea Riseborough 饰)即是留守者中的一员,他们的主要任务为保障遍布各地守护水萃取塔的无人机正常运行。看似永无止境的任务终于接近尾声,而就在此刻,不明飞行器坠落一处无人区。杰克在当地发现数名人类伤员,可是他们却遭到无人机的屠杀。危急时刻,杰克救下了一个名为茱莉亚(欧嘉·柯瑞兰寇 Olga Kurylenko 饰)的女子。 这一事件令杰克无意中知晓了掠夺者以及自身背后隐藏的秘密……
美军一名飞行员在南美洲的原始森林失踪了,那里盘踞着不怎么友好的当地游击队。美军特种兵少校达奇(阿诺•施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger)率领部下亲自前往搜救。他们在森林里很快就发现了失踪的飞行员的尸体,死状恐怖。大家都认为那是当地的游击队干的,愤怒的队 员开始寻找当地游击队的基地,要为同伴报仇。 然而当他们发现当地游击队的营地时,发现当地人也被一种恐怖气氛所笼罩着。随后,队员们相继被袭击身亡,但每次都没发现敌人的半个影子。对方就像凭空隐形了一样。孤身一人的达奇决心凭自己的力量面对这股神秘恐怖的力量……
The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.
In a future world ruled by good-looking people, a terrorist group of mutants led by Ramon Yarritu kidnap the daughter of Orujo, a rich businessman, to claim for the rights of the ugly people. Escaping from the police in their spaceship, Ramon try to kill his gang in order to get all the ransom. The trip ends abruptly when they crash in Axturiax, the planet of the crazy miners where no woman live
Alone in Space is a high concept adventurous, warm and funny genre feature film that doesn't shy away from big questions about life and death. Alone in Space takes the audience on a ride with two kids lost in space, accompanied by a friendly alien.
Sinbad, armed with rumors of ancient gold, finds himself sneaking into the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar. Hidden among the many relics is an ivory scroll case containing the logs of the pirate Captain Minos, which will lead Sinbad to the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes.