The plot of the film is novel, and the anti-nuclear and anti-war elements of the Cold War are added, retaining the spirit of the original. Ned Lan's bohemian nature is in sharp contrast to Captain Nemo's closed self. The adventurous career of a sailor is undoubtedly revealed in the song "AWhale of a Tale". And "AWhale of a Tale" has also become one of Disney's famous songs.
The movie invested high cost to produce special effects. The scenes are rich and the pictures are exciting, which makes the movie more colorful. Many of the scenes were shot under the sea, which gave people a refreshing feeling at the time. During the Octopus attack, Walt Disney was dissatisfied after seeing the preliminary results, and immediately ordered "add a storm." This sentence increased the cost by 250,000 US dollars, and the final production cost was 4 million US dollars. However, the box office was also large. It shines and also won two Oscars, namely the best art direction and the best special effects, and the film editor was also nominated. It can be said that it has formally laid the foundation for the Disney film industry to prepare for the production of live-action films. The biggest highlight of the film is the submarine design of the Nautilus. This classic "Nautilus" shape designed by American designer Harper Goff became the favorite of many Americans at that time. However, this was because the funds and technology at the time did not allow the boat to be as big as Verne’s original work, and the director hoped that the boat could show the impact and strangeness of the original work on the screen in 1867, so he did it. An original design. When it surfaced on the sea and rushed towards the enemy ship, it really captured the feeling of the original "sea monster" and vented Captain Nemo’s anger and hatred to the full; and when it sailed through the dark underwater In the abyss, you will feel it turned into an elegant fish.
According to Harper Gove, Captain Nemo used the iron from a shipwreck under the sea to build the Nautilus, and obtained furniture, art and pipe organs from it. When Captain Nemo played the organ sound of Bach's " Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 ", it was very classic, even Gothic. In addition, it is known from the movie that there are 25 sailors on the Nautilus.
The film’s “Nautilus” is smaller than Verne’s description. The full-scale length is 178 feet (=53.4m). The shape is based on a mixture of crocodile and shark, as well as the Victorian era riveted steel plate. The number of rivets on it is Thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand. It perfectly combines the steampunk style of Verne's era with a huge natural wind "steel fish" to achieve an extreme.
The interior design of the "Nautilus" was inspired by the Spanish-American War 's USS Oregon BB-3 . The tube - filled view came from the cantilever of the Forth Bridge in Scotland. A total of US$250,000 was spent on the interior of the movie, using insulating fiberboard, fiberglass and wood materials. The design of the "Nautilus" fin also provides a safety device for the actors on the scene, and the teeth on it are installed with screws. The submarine is nuclear-powered, and the flashing device in the power supply room is made of a transparent salad bowl with sparkling lights. The window design in the living room is no exception. This window is called the iris window, and it is roughly composed of 8 "P" leaves according to enthusiasts' research.
The device in the wheelhouse of the Nautilus also has a strange color. The submarine has two indicators, one indicating the angle of inclination in the vertical direction, and the other indicating the angle of inclination in the horizontal direction. There is an atomic counter between their positions, which is used to describe the speed of the submarine. According to Harper Gove’s imagination, when the Nautilus engine starts, the small bar on it will swing back and forth. When the submarine's speed is higher, its swing will be more severe. When the lights on it flicker and the small bars touch the shock absorbers on both sides, it indicates that the submarine's speed has reached its maximum. The depth tube next to the stairs, its working principle comes from Descartes' Float experiment. Float is a small glass bottle with small holes at the bottom through which water enters and exits the bottle. Put it in a high water storage tank and make it float on the water. Cover the mouth of the tube with a thin rubber film and tie it tightly. The water and air in the tube are in a closed container. Press the rubber film with your hand, according to Blaise Pascal 's law, the Float will sink, otherwise, it will float. However, a collector pointed out through an enlarged video screenshot that the glass tube is not filled with water, but hollow, and the ball inside does not float, but is controlled by the wire moving up and down in the tube. This shows that it is likely to be used as a movie prop.
