造物的奇迹
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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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
杀戮旅店
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A cloaked figure slips into an exclusive psychiatric clinic and murders one of the female patients. Meanwhile, various sexuals liaisons are revealed. The mystery killer continues with his massacre he beheads a nurse with a scythe, pushes a chauffeur into a spiked “Iron Maiden”, strangles an older female patient, kills a nymphomaniac with an axe, and shoots a lesbian through the neck with a crossbow. Doctor Clay and the police set a trap for the killer using one of the attractive female patients as bait. However, they are not prepared for the onslaugth that follows…
跟海豚说话的女孩
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一段名为《和豚说话的女孩》(The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins)的纪录片将于6月17日在英国广播公司(BBC)播出。   美国研究员霍韦(Margaret Howe)于上世纪60年代参与一项动物实验,尝试教导6岁大的樽鼻海豚彼得(Peter)说英语,希望证实海豚具有如人类般的语言能力。虽然彼得的学习成果有限,却意外爱上了与它朝夕相处的霍韦,编织出一段凄迷的“人豚恋”。   来自美属维尔京群岛的霍韦,在下周播出的英国广播公司(BBC)纪录片讲述这段经历。当年仅23岁的霍韦,于1965年参与着名神经学家利利主持的实验,被安排入住“海豚之家”10周负责教彼得英文,无论用餐、洗澡、睡觉或玩耍都在一起。   彼得仅学会“ball”(球)及“diamond”(钻石)等单字,却对霍韦日久生情。它被霍韦冷落时会“呷醋”,甚至对她展示性欲,多番将自己挤...
异星迷航
剧情:
宇航员萨姆·沃克在完成自己第一次太空任务后重返地球的途中不幸坠入大西洋深海。尽管航天局派出许多救援队进行了长时间的救援后仍未找到萨姆。就在众人准备撤退放弃时,萨姆却奇迹般地出现,幸存了下来。萨姆的这次经历实在让人难以置信。航天局虽然准许她回到家里跟丈夫团聚,但是却受到了NASA的严密监视以及威廉·哈里斯将军的控制,开始在一座戒备森严的屋子里完成康复和医学检测。当周围接二连三发生了令人不安的事件时,她开始怀疑有外星人跟自己回到了地球。而此后她又渐渐地发现自己的身体机能发生了变化。她的反应、肌肉力量都得到了明显的加强。随着哈里斯将军地深入调查,真相付出水面,原来现在的萨姆其实已经是一个外星人了,而真正的她则永远的沉睡在海底。