毁灭的发明

As its title sug gests THE FABULOUS WORLD OF  JULES VERNE is

an awe
-inspiring, meticulous cinematic rendering of the aesthet 
ic and con  ceptua
l inventions  of proto - science ficti
on genius Jules V erne, base
d on one of the famed auth or
's lesser known short
st or  ies.  However,  the rea
l star of the film is the int

ricate  art d
 irection, successf
ully render  ing the

 v
is ual st 
yle of  nineteenth century woodcuts and engravings into motion pictu res, creating a stylize d and surre al gra phic world within
 w

h ich
Vern e’s fancif
ul tale  unfolds. A brilliant sci
ent  ist, 

Dr. Roch e
, perches high above a stormy sea, inventing a powerful explo
sive, when he and his assistant ar
e kidnappe d by an evil busine
ssma n
, Arti g
as.   Taken by submarine to Artigas' volcano
headquart ers, Roche is tric ked into developing h
is experim
ent for evil intentio
ns. Th e scientist’s   assistant, Simon, str uggles all
 the wh
ile to fre e himself  and warn Roche. A magical   world of  bar

oque subma rin
es and 
 sailing ships, killer octop u s, u ndersea b
icycle s dazzles  audience
s as h u man actors, puppetry, animation and fanciful scen

ic  design 
interac t to 
 cre
ate a cinema tic  ex perience that is unique by any s
tandards. Mixing  slapstick  comedy, action a
dventure pacing and
 Mélie s style film ma
gic, thi
s litt le known Czechoslovakia n gem tr anscends the j uv enile literature at  its sourc
e to create cinematic art of the  highest order....