简介: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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
简介: A man with spiritualist powers is told by his mentor that a demonic entity is returning to destroy his daughter's soul, and that he should take drastic measures to prevent this from happening.
简介: Toni Zweyer过着自己想要的生活。她是卡车司机Andy的贤妻,13岁孩子Lea的慈母,和丈夫共同经营自己家的货运生意。但当得知丈夫Andy死于车祸时,一切都改变了。公司债务日益沉重,她与孩子已别无他路,Toni只能自己握住了18吨卡车的方向盘。她很快意识到,跑国际长途货运对一个新手来说,是多么的残酷艰难。Toni一直觉得他的丈夫尚存人间,随着调查愈加深入,她便愈加确信这一点。她从一个声名狼藉的商人那得知了真相,但这个真相让她被劫持、被绑架,目睹军火走私,走上了被警察追缉的逃亡之路。这可能不是她想要的生活,但Toni永远不会放弃抗争。
主演:莉莉·柯林斯,康妮·尼尔森,西蒙·佩吉,切斯·克劳福,马克·理查德森二世,迈克尔·比奇,克里斯·加恩,何塞·埃雷拉,克莉丝缇娜·德萝莎,哈里森·斯通,帕特里克·沃伯顿,艾米丽·托尔斯,塔利·拉夫拉米,Rebecca Adams,Mariyah Francis,Lucas Alexander Ayoub,Jim E. Chandler,Warren McLemore
主演:Paulina Gaitan,Lia Marie Johnson,Héctor Jiménez,David Castro
简介:After his first love breaks his heart, a young American singer reluctantly leaves his home in San Diego, California and embarks on an epic road trip through Baja with his uncle in order to reconnect with his Mexican roots and find himself.
主演:阿曼达·克鲁,安娜琳·麦考德,罗伯特·帕特里克,金·德莱尼,凯莎·卡斯特-休伊斯,内尔森·富兰克林,Johnny Pemberton,塔特·艾灵顿,Hayley Marie Norman,罗尼·吉恩·贝尔维斯,Danny Ramirez,Gigi Zumbado,Shane Brady,Dianna Miranda,Pia Shah
简介: A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his pyschopatic tendencies.