The world is in ruins in the
aftermath of a nuclear war. Some scientists realise that the only
way to save humanity from extinction is to send someone into the
past or the future to ask for help. They find one man, whose strong
recollection of a childhood experience at an Airport makes him the
ideal subject. After a lengthy and nightmarish period of
conditioning, he is sent into the past, where he falls in love with
a woman whom he once saw on a pier. He is although visited by an
advanced race, who offer him the opportunity to journey into their
future world, but he instead requests that they send him permanently
into the past, where he can remain with the woman of his dreams.
This is a landmark of
science-fiction filmmaking and a masterpiece told almost entirely in
still frames. It inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys. |
世界毁于核战争。科学家们意识到要防止人类灭绝,唯一的办法就是派人到过去或将来去寻求帮助。他们找到一个人选,他对在一个机场的儿时经历的不可磨灭的记忆使他成为理想对象。在经过长期的魔鬼训练后,他来到了过去,和一个曾在防洪堤上看到的女子相爱。他还碰到了一个高等种族,能够让他到达未来世界,但他却执意要求永远留在过去,以便可以和他的梦中女孩在一起。
这部电影是科幻电影的里程碑,是一部几乎全部由静止镜头叙事的杰出作品。Terry Gilliam的《12只猴子》就是受到了该片启发。 |