毁灭的发明

As its title sugge
sts TH
E 
FABULOUS WORLD OF
 
JU L ES VERNE is  an  awe 
-inspiring, meticulous cinemati
c rendering
 of  the aesthetic and conc eptual invention

s of
pr
oto-scien ce fiction genius Jules Ver ne, based on
one of the famed a uthor's
lesser k nown sho
rt stori
es.  Howev
er, the real star of
 the  film is 
the  intricate art direction, 

successfull  y  ren 
dering
the visual  style of nineteenth ce
ntury woodcuts and engraving
s
 i n to motio n pictures , creating a stylized and surre
al graphic world within which Verne’s fan cifu l

tale u
nfolds. A b
rilliant scientist, Dr. Ro che

, perches high above a st
ormy sea, inv enting a powerful explosive, when he and his assistant ar
e kidnapped  by  an evi l busine
 ss man, Artigas. Taken by submarine to Ar
tigas' volcano headquarters,  Roche
 is tricked into developing his experiment f or evil int
entions. The  scient  ist’s assi stant, Simon, struggles  all the while to fre e himself and  wa rn 
Roche. A 
magical w orld of baroque su bma rines and sailing ships, killer  octopus, undersea b
 ic
 ycl es dazzles au  di
ences as
huma n acto

r s
 , puppetry, animati on and
f

an cif
ul sceni c design interact t o create a cinemat
ic  experience that i  s uniq
ue  by an y standards. Mixing slapstic k comedy, action adventure
 paci
ng and Mélies style fi
lm magic,  this  little
  known Czec hoslovakian gem transcends the juvenile liter ature at i ts source to cre  ate cine matic art of t
he highest order....