故事是这样的：一个生活在1920年代的纽约商人，意外被闪电击中后陷入昏迷，五十多年后在一间实验室里苏醒。影片叙事采用三幕线性推进：男主角被闪电击中沉睡五十年，醒来后为赢得心仪女子，需通过政府配给婚姻的荒诞考核。影片以“一个1930年男子穿越到1980年”为主线，却把未来拍成了歌舞喜剧——空中飞车、自动餐厅、电视电话都靠简陋的模型和搭棚呈现，反而透出天真可爱的乐观劲儿。它用歌舞喜剧的轻快语调想象1980年的纽约：飞行汽车挂着数字车牌，人们靠视频电话约会，连生孩子都要政府审批——荒诞又可爱。 推荐理由：这部1930年的科幻片像一封来自过去的信，用默片式的肢体喜剧和早期音画同步的试验技法，勾勒出那个年代对未来的天真狂想——飞行器像玩具、电话带视频、婴儿从试管里“订购”，荒诞中透着可爱。适合对早期电影史好奇、愿意从粗粝特效里咂摸时代心态的观众。
airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened Single O. He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't distinguished enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.相关搜索：
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