视频简介
Wunder der#%=\ Sch`*öp fung i=s an ex\traordinary, fas.ci!,%nating ;K\ul-;turfilm tr y ing to % explain the whole hum*an knowledge of the _(1920s\%$ about t;he world^ and the u/ niverse. ;\_^15 special e@ffects exp?%erts and 9 cameramen were?/ involve-d in the pr$oduction of %this[/ fi\^lm w@^hich combines _ docu-mentary scenes, histor ical \d)$ocumen._@t^@s, fi) ction elements, animatio.n[[ sc`)enes)# and#( educa.tio,,nal impact. % It its be !:auti,/fully colored, u^ *s@ing tint[ in)g and toning in a *?very elaborate-d %way. Some visu+al /-ideas=:/ in the sequenc^]/^?es with) a space *shuttle v`isiting different planets+`[` in the universe s[!eem $.to have to be%;) the inspira=t#ion fo/_(r +Stan:\;ley K$ubrick's 2001 A Sp %ac e Odyssey. In the conte\-: ,xt/* of#? Germany 's K_ulturfilm p]`heno*menon, Wunder der Schöpfu+\ng was among the gr]!e#a?!t]e%st achie:vements of t, -he 19)20s!. , T he produ!!c\:tion was construc-# te)/ d,+ #, re:^:hearsed, an--d shot. over a `period ,o :f two and a** half-( yea)%rs, under the supervis ion o(f Hann]s[ Wal:ter K)ornblum. _The([ /[;],idea ]to descr.ibe the universe and man's place in i^t well sui`/\ted UFA'\s #Gro!?s+sfi[lm mentality, one year before , /t]he M+\;etropo ]lis catastrophe:!. H?und_`reds of #sk*illed craftsmen participate[d \i% n the proje%)ct, bu,ildi%ng pr])ops a[nd constructing scale mo de( +ls` dr %a^=`wn by 15 sp\!*ecial ef;fect+?)s d\$raughtsmen, while 9 camer%amen in /sep)*ara te u nits !-worked on \*the hi#*storical, doc:_+u !mentary,!*^; ; !ficti$+%*on,, ; animation,\ a! nd science-fiction #_s[_(equences. Witho*ut star?\ r*`oles or @-even p.*rotagonists, the film's ?pl _:ot is crowde@d= with me t=^i;)cu!lously structured and skillfully acted single \scenes an artful: mosa:ic of small vign(et$`tes._!: No:*)! +!)l`@[$ess than four +[*credited univ^?!ersity pro-:fessor` s ens#,ured the factual \)ba,)ck+_^ground ,behin-[d the scienti fic a(?nd ) histor+ical .% events $ portrayed. The film'`*s symbol of pro]*gress and th%)e new sci$ entific era is a `s+p^acecraft, travelling _th[`rough th[e Milky Way, mak.!*ing% =*a=ll the planets) a nd their inspiring worlds f++a?miliar /*#to us,?\ with t$,(_he extra^vaganza o\ f their d!is-[,ti@)`nc^?t .ive f\ eatures. The f!%ilm's educational :=@intentions,;, h/o]wever, become steadily /*more #?o,bscure, humorous, or \_\ ev$e`/ n camp^y as this _= po+p;ulari,@(zation ]pro\ject @; proceeds. Wi th*!,. the excuse*`, .*of[]- p,resenting the end \of t/he wo[r[ld a not;-so-new co% ncept as a new, )( und]en\i-:a!b?ly s)+@c( ien =!?tifi @c( trut;h, t+^he ,$film/` veers happily alon\@g ,%a new path, displayin;g detai )]=led+. apoc+; alyptic scenes of@ the end of man/kind. For@\ today'-,[s $,:audiences?/, this a[mazing film /(demo+[nst\)[rates how the universe was`) c #om/(prehended[]* in the =+ 1920s, and how th :at _vi_+ew wa,s sold to conte(mporary*^_ audie%,nces.
