讲述了四位挚友在追逐梦想的过程中不得不面对现实的冲击的故事。

讲述了四位挚友在追逐梦想的过程中不得不面对现实的冲击的故事。

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

发展如飞的城市系列，第一集说中国上海。 　　象征中国繁荣的特大都市上海，不断进行着大规模的再开发。有人被浪潮作弄，亦有人在此寄托未来的梦想。 　　其中一人是业余摄影师徐先生。文革后30多年来，他用照相机记录下了急剧变化的上海街头。名称面貌全然异于往昔的马路上，只留下一颗老树……他一面将思绪放飞于往昔的上海，一面不断按下快门。 　　另一人则是同济大学客座教授束先生。他认为，随着人口不断流入，上海只得向地下寻求生存的空间。在地下开发出广大的空间，以人工灯光照明，植树，放鸟，若能建设这样的环境，也许能供很多人生存。 　　徐先生见证了上海的发展，而他自己也被推上风口浪尖。长年居住的公寓由于城市规划或遭拆迁，他不得不另寻它所。为寻新居他在房价不断攀升的上海东奔西走，好在运气不错，幸而重得一家团聚。

发展如飞的城市系列，第一集说中国上海。 　　象征中国繁荣的特大都市上海，不断进行着大规模的再开发。有人被浪潮作弄，亦有人在此寄托未来的梦想。 　　其中一人是业余摄影师徐先生。文革后30多年来，他用照相机记录下了急剧变化的上海街头。名称面貌全然异于往昔的马路上，只留下一颗老树……他一面将思绪放飞于往昔的上海，一面不断按下快门。 　　另一人则是同济大学客座教授束先生。他认为，随着人口不断流入，上海只得向地下寻求生存的空间。在地下开发出广大的空间，以人工灯光照明，植树，放鸟，若能建设这样的环境，也许能供很多人生存。 　　徐先生见证了上海的发展，而他自己也被推上风口浪尖。长年居住的公寓由于城市规划或遭拆迁，他不得不另寻它所。为寻新居他在房价不断攀升的上海东奔西走，好在运气不错，幸而重得一家团聚。

本系列节目要探索人类与大河系统的多变关系，指出生活在大河流域的数百万人，文化与生活如何受到这些河川影响。节目中将介绍全球最著名的六大河流：亚马孙河、尼罗河、密西西比河、恒河、长江与莱因河，寻找这些大河的源头、历史与变化。除了描述岸边居民的故事，认识与大河和谐共存的原住民、现代贸易商、艺术家与工匠，还将了解各大都会如何透过21世纪尖端科技，防止这些古老大河造成的水患。

本系列节目要探索人类与大河系统的多变关系，指出生活在大河流域的数百万人，文化与生活如何受到这些河川影响。节目中将介绍全球最著名的六大河流：亚马孙河、尼罗河、密西西比河、恒河、长江与莱因河，寻找这些大河的源头、历史与变化。除了描述岸边居民的故事，认识与大河和谐共存的原住民、现代贸易商、艺术家与工匠，还将了解各大都会如何透过21世纪尖端科技，防止这些古老大河造成的水患。