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发表于6分钟前回复 :倒霉的警探布罗斯(约瑟夫·费因斯 Joseph Fiennes 饰)因其超级龟毛的个性而惨遭停职,无所事事的他在误打误撞之中竟然成为了保险公司的调查员。什么是“达尔文奖”?这个奖项的获得者都是些“通过最愚蠢的方式自我了断”的人们,而布罗斯的任务就是在期限内找到这些人,挽救他们的生命,同时为保险公司省下一笔高额的保险费。和布罗斯一同工作的是一位名叫西丽(薇诺娜·瑞德 Winona Ryder 饰)的美丽女子,和布罗斯的个性截然相反,西丽做起事情来果断勇敢,雷厉风行。就是这样的一对奇葩组合,竟然在风风雨雨之中擦出了爱情的火花,而随着调查的深入,布罗斯和西丽发现,在这个“达尔文奖”的背后,竟然隐藏了一个惊人的秘密。
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发表于4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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.