毁灭的)发明

　　A%=s@+ it[^?s ti , tle sugge*st?.`s _THE FABULOUS WORLD O)F JULES VERN[E is an awe%` -in[spiring, me]%t$iculous cinematic re *=nd= $.;ering o] =!f the aesthetic and conceptual invent$:?io/
ns of prot/o-science fiction gen.@_ius Ju?les Verne^), based on on[e of the famed au/!@thor$!9^@s lesser_! known s@/:ho;*rt s)tories. H-oweve*$^:r, t]he re[?*al$!] s.ta?\%r ^of the film is the intricate art . ]direction,/[_: 
su.`cces[sf(ully rendering th#e visua\*
l style of^, nineteenth/! c*entury woodcuts a?nd engravings .;into,( motion pictures,)*? cr_eating  ,a s`ty$?lized and *s+urrea:l g,\raphic ?!; wo*+!rld \
w ithi;n
whi ch Verne’s fanciful tale unfolds?$^. A;@ bri-+!lliant s^//# ci!enti@[st, Dr.!) Ro`\ che,
perches hi@.g ]h above a sto!r= my sea,!, inventin#;;g a power :f`,,ul e`#xplosive, whe\n h?e and@= his as.s((i^=s
^tant are kidnapped by an evi?!l busine?s[,sman, Artigas. `Ta)=@ken (by
,submarine to Artigas+ ' volca
no headquart
-ers], Roc_ *he is tricke d into develop^
ing +his experime] `n`t for e!v ,\il in;-tentions. T]he =:scientist’s as^sist`:[an_t,
^ Sim#on, - struggles all the while to free himself and w,[@arn Ro=che., A magi_?cal world of baroque subma-
ri:nes ^$and(% sai ling
+ ships, ki=
ller octopu`s, u] nd.!e[[rsea bicycle[s daz=-]zles audie;,,nces a !s ,-human actors,. *`(pupp+etry, #ani mation and fa[_nc-)iful sce-
nic design intera)ct to @;crea`- te %:_.a c-$]ine\%ma^tic expe)r);ienc^)$e that is uniqu!$e #/by = any st!;andards. Mixing slapsti@[!:ck co,^medy, acti[on [ adventure p!acing and ]
M;élies @style film magi@c, this -little` known C-+zechoslovak]=ian gem transcends the juvenile li(^(;/terature at it-s source to c)_r ^e?ate c*inem?,atic -*^ar-@ t of  the highest .order....