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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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 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…
简介：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...