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　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous.
　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around.
　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

　　About the return of the royal treasures of Abomey in Benin, snatched away by colonial plunder, to a country that has had to build itself up and come to terms with their absence.

　　电影贯穿于一个女声读信的呓语中，日本、冰岛、几内亚、香港各种影像交叉着，但作者把最多的时间留给了东京。他去记录日本人民的文化和生活，标志性的招财猫，宗教仪式，性文化，漫画，铁道，珍珠港，摇滚乐，街上的舞蹈.....为观众呈现经济奇迹后的日本最真实的一面。作者用影像寄托着他对人类现状的关注，对历史和记忆的思考。

　　经过四十亿年的漫长演变，地球变成一个物种繁多、资源丰富、奇特美丽的蓝色星球。然而自人类出现以来，我们只用了二十万年的时间，便将地球的宝贵资源消耗殆尽。珍稀物种灭绝，原始资源奇缺，污染日益严重，人类以及地球的明天将何去何从？
　　导演扬恩•亚瑟经过15年的筹备，历访50多个国家拍成此片。本片素材长达488小时，拍摄周期为21个月，共动用88,000名员工，从澳洲海底的大堡礁到非洲肯亚高原的乞力马扎罗山；从亚玛逊热带雨林到戈壁沙漠；从美国德萨斯州连绵不断的棉花田到中国上海、深圳的工业城镇。影片以上帝的俯瞰视角向世人展现地球的绝美以及日趋危急的现状。明天并不遥远，但我们该选择怎样的未来？

　　本片涉及五个不同体育项目的基层培训，记录了体操、拳击、曲棍球、柔道、足球各个项目的艰苦训练及生活中的故事。