Efter at have nedkæmpet Leonidas' 300 soldater marcherer Xerxes' persiske hær videre mod Athen, anført af den hævngerrige Artemesia. For at holde stand mod den persiske invasion må Themistokles, admiral i grækernes flåde, alliere sig med Sparta, sin ellers plejer at være athenernes rivaler.
Andrew Lloyd Webbers Cats er en af de mest berømte musicals nogensinde, og den havde et brag af en premiere på West-End-scenen i 1981. Sangen "Memory" er en af musicalens mange klassikere, og den blev straks et hit verden over. Siden da har Cats slået alle rekorder og erobret verden. Denne udgave med Elaine Paige og Sir John Mills i hovedrollerne har en betagende billedside og et firsmands-orkester fører os dybt ind i kattenes mystiske verden.
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
An FBI agent must negotiate with a woman holding a hospital hostage in order to get her hands on an experimental drug.
Wolf is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer. Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing memories. He only knows to meet someone at an abandoned temple. He ends up hooking up with a local villager, who intends to guide the Wolf to his destination. On the way, they find Wai-Yee, who’s been waiting for Wolf for quite some time. However, Wolf still can’t remember anything, until the bad guys come to find him, and they bear the terrible secret of the Wolf's past.
Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West.
A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.
Collected as part of the Fluxfilm Anthology (a multi-reel compendium of 37 short films assembled by Fluxus founder and central operator George Maciunas), One captures the lifespan of a single match recorded at 2,000 frames per second using a 16mm high-speed camera. The frame rate is then decelerated to the standard 24fps for presentation. The film emphasizes each gesture, sway and flare of flame as the small pinewood carrier ignites across the landscape of the filmstrip and screen, signalling the drama and poetics of this ”minor” event before the fire is extinguished. One also stands as an unassuming beacon, immortalizing on film the essence of some of Ono’s early concerns as an artist. At the slightest touch of fire, they burst into flame. Strike everywhere. Strike often.
A 16 mm film, featuring Yoko Ono's own eye slowly blinking, shot by Peter Moore with a high-speed camera at 2,000 frames per second, which is projected at normal speed, 24 frames per second, thus creating a slow-motion effect.
This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.
Deep psychological states find relief through excess water released from eyes.
A girl whose chances of winning over her crush were scuppered by a DJ enlists the help of her weird uncle to rectify matters.
Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.
A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic, meditative short film about letting go of the past and embracing the unknown future.
Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
As Mio goes on a journey to Loveland to find closure, an incident occurs, giving him new hope for his heart to shine again. A story about the importance of loving and coping, of hearts connecting and separating.
A series of figure studies using high-speed HD video, and inspired by the works of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.
Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion.