视频简介
一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡，在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆，其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀…… Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。该片拍制历时三年，几经修改打磨。头三集动用了来自多个国家的演员，参与再现东西方文明史中那些文明巨人的著作形成或影响历史的伟大故事，同时使用大量动画来力求生动表现读书与文明史的深刻关联。第四集通过钱镠家族、翁同龢家族、蒲松龄传奇等，揭示人生的高度与读书之间的关联，读书的祖传家训具有启示教益价值。第五集则展现了全民阅读在中国的实践历程，及对社会产生的深远文化影响。。
