Metropolis: city of the future, technological marvel, and symbol of progress. In 2027, riots break out between dissatisfied workers and the wealthy living in luxury. Frederick, the ruler's son, learns firsthand the inhuman conditions on which his father's city stands, and falls in love with Mary, who preaches to the workers about a better world. However, Maria is captured by a mad scientist who creates a robot copy of her. The city's destruction is nigh…
Can film survive our digital future? Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating an evolution in the medium, slowly replacing the standard format. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
A documentary chronicle of the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion-dollar industry. Offering a colorful history of the video game, from Pong and Space Invaders through Super Mario Bros. and Zelda to Call of Duty, Halo and Grand Theft Auto, this survey features a Who’s Who of video game icons and pioneers as it traces the evolution of a whole new form of interactive entertainment – the consoles, the joysticks, the bits and the bytes.
The life, work and significance of a classic of world film: Karel Zeman. He created worlds full of secrets and adventures based purely on his own imagination. The film reveals the inspiring source of his work, his worldwide acclaim and the creative workshop of this pioneer of film tricks. The number of festival awards, audience acclaim abroad, the number of publications and the filmmakers who've named him as a source of inspiration, show that Karel Zeman was one of the most successful and most prized Czech filmmakers in the world.
Jewish parents send their son to a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe to protect their child from the holocaust. But when his aunt dies unexpectedly, he is forced to set out on a journey, fighting his way through a wild and hostile world in which only local rules, prejudices and superstitions apply. Post-war, however, he faces another struggle, one he’s not even aware of. A struggle with himself. A struggle for his soul, for his future…