毁灭的发明

讲述了AsitstitlesuggestsTHEFABULOUSWORLDOFJULESVERNEisanawe-inspiring,meticulouscinematicrenderingoftheaestheticandconceptualinventionsofproto-sciencefictiongeniusJulesVerne,basedononeofthefamedauthorslesserknownshortstories.However,therealstarofthefilmistheintricateartdirection,successfullyrenderingthevisualstyleofnineteenthcenturywoodcutsandengravingsintomotionpictures,creatingastylizedandsurrealgraphicworldwithinwhichVerne’sfancifultaleunfolds.Abrilliantscientist,Dr.Roche,percheshighaboveastormysea,inventingapowerfulexplosive,whenheandhisassistantarekidnappedbyanevilbusinessman,Artigas.TakenbysubmarinetoArtigasvolcanoheadquarters,Rocheistrickedintodevelopinghisexperimentforevilintentions.Thescientist’sassistant,Simon,strugglesallthewhiletofreehimselfandwarnRoche.Amagicalworldofbaroquesubmarinesandsailingships,killeroctopus,underseabicyclesdazzlesaudiencesashumanactors,puppetry,animationandfancifulscenicdesigninteracttocreateacinematicexperiencethatisuniquebyanystandards.Mixingslapstickcomedy,actionadventurepacingandMéliesstylefilmmagic,thislittleknownCzechoslovakiangemtranscendsthejuvenileliteratureatitssourcetocreatecinematicartofthehighestorder....