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The City of Lost Children 
Actors : Briac Barthelemy, Guillaume Billod-Morel, Geneviève Brunet, Marc Caro, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Director : Marc Caro
Studio : Sony Pictures Classics
by Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date : 1999-10-19
Publisher : Sony Pictures Classics
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780767811064
UPC : 043396400191
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 220 reviews)
List Price : $24.96
Our Price : $16.00
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The fantastic visions of Belgian filmmakers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his baby brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbor is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the Fagin-like Octopus--Siamese twin sisters who control a small gang of runaways-turned-thieves--Krank's six cloned henchmen (all played by the memorable Dominique Pinon from Delicatessen), and a giant brain floating in an aquarium (voiced by Jean-Louis Trintignant). Caro and Jeunet are kindred souls to Terry Gilliam (who is a vocal fan), creating imaginative flights of fancy built of equal parts delight and dread, which seem to be painted on the screen in rich, dreamy colors. --Sean Axmaker |
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Incredible Movie |
its just one of those movies that will entertain your brain.
and youll end up showing all your friends. |
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Very strange movie |
I don't know what to think of this movie. The idea sounded interesting, a man who cannot dream taking children from the city so he can dream, but I spent the first 45 minutes of the movie trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Even after watching it, I still have no clue.heh.
All I can say is this movie is messed up.LOL. There were a lot of parts of the movie I didn't understand, what was up with the women twins (were they running a thieving ring made up of children?). Then there is the scene portraying a church and its congregation in some metallic looking warehouse all wearing eye pieces (they are referred to in the movie as Cyclops, but what were they?). The odd man stealing all the children and his weird family (composed of a few clones, an odd-looking woman, and a brain encased in a box filled with liquid and a megaphone so it can "speak").
This movie was a mix of plots all jumbled together and here's the movie for you! There was no coherent plot-line that I could easily follow and that added to my confusion and not understanding what was going on. I suppose it's appropriate to portray in a strange, surreal dream-like quality in keeping with the story in the movie, that of a man who can't dream.
Oh well, it is crazy, confusing, disturbing, vivid, and just what you'd imagine your dream or nightmare would look like if put to film. IMO, I didn't think the movie was that great, I thought it a little weird, but if you're still curious just rent it. |
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A Work of Art, Blah, Blah, Blah |
This is the type of film that those in the know call a masterpiece; a brilliant piece of art. It is also a film that the average Joe and Jane will call a steaming pile of drug-induced dung.
They call it creative. I call it boring. If you are average Joe or Jane, avoid this pretentious artsy-fart. |
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a must have movie for fans of weird films |
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awesome story !!!! even better cinematography !!! strangest cast of characters you will ever experience . there is no other movie out there that can ever compare with this . a true piece of art . stunning , dark , creepy and humorous at times |
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Takes Patience But Will Reward You |
The City of Lost Children (Cite des enfants perdus) is perhaps the most visually striking film I have ever seen. The film is also one of the most difficult but with patience the careful viewer will be rewarded. Directed by Jeunet and Caro the film is a fairy tale for adults. It is an exploration of the idea of innocence. The innocence of a child and the innocence of a childlike adult.
In a magical world a scientist (Daniel Emilfork) who cannot dream on his own is kidnapping children and stealing their dreams. One of the children that is kidnapped is the little brother of a circus strongman, One (Ron Perlman. The film is a quest for One to recover his lost brother. Along the way he meets Miette (Judith Vittet)a nine year old girl wise beyond her years. Together they brave the strange and mythical world of the City of Lost Children to recover the brother.
The above is an extremely simplified version of the plot. This is a film that begs to be seen. The visuals created by Jean Rebasse are truly stunning as are the costumes of Jean-Paul Gaultier. The film needs to be watched carefully. I will admit it took several viewings before I understood what was going on. Watch it for the visuals and the story will begin to emerge. Don't miss the chance to see one of the most astounding French films of the last decade.
The disc contains a commentary track by Perlman and Jeunet, talent files and production and costume galleries. |
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