周奇奇
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: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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
甄楚倩
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:上世纪40年代,纳粹及其邪恶轴心的战火烧遍世界各个角落。居住在布鲁克林的小个子史蒂夫·罗格斯(克里斯·埃文斯 Chris Evans 饰)心系国家,一心上阵杀敌,可是糟糕的体格让他始终被征兵办拒之门外。偶然的机会,在德籍科学家厄斯金博士(Stanley Tucci 饰)的帮助下,这个小个子男孩得以走入兵营,并接受了博士的试验,化身成为高大健壮、膂力过人的超级战士。与此同时,德国纳粹红骷髅部队的首领约翰·施密特(雨果·维文 Hugo Weaving 饰)依靠超自然的力量建立起一支超级战队,企图称霸全世界。为了营救好友,史蒂夫以美国队长的形象闯入施密特的军营,正邪两大超级战士的战斗就此展开……