‘The City Of Lost Children’ has a strong stylistic similarity to director’s Jeunet and Caro’s ‘Delicatessen’ and ‘Amélie’ though it falls a little short in overall quality to those movies. Clearly there is much influence from Terry Gilliam in this film; in fact there are particular moments that specifically recall Gilliam’s masterpiece ‘Brazil’. There are also strong element... read more
Description:The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One) tracks hiThe evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One) tracks him down and, with the help of some other eccentric characters, tries to put an end to the evil reign of Krank and his Cyclops army... (more)(less)
“‘The City Of Lost Children’ has a strong stylistic similarity to director’s Jeunet and Caro’s ‘Delicatessen’ and ‘Amélie’ though it falls a little short in overall quality to those movies. Clearly there is much influence from Terry Gilliam in this film; in fact there are particular moments that specifically recall Gilliam’s masterpiece ‘Brazil’. There are also strong elements of Steampunk, coming years before the widespread popularity of the style thus somewhat pioneering its imagery. The film is a visual feast, with a huge amount of imagination and invention gone into the wonderful sets, which at the time boasted one of French films largest budgets in its history. The performances as a whole are great with a cast of highly eccentric characters befitting the overall ” read more
"Best French movie ever! let the argument commence. I'm probably biased on this one, I've been watching this since I was in high school and never get tired of it. Visually still one of the best movies I've ever seen despite the advent and over integration of CGI, all the technology in the world can't make up for good artistic style and design. "
Nattkrypet added this to a list 9 months, 1 week ago
"Ulkonäöltään ja hahmoiltaan helvetin hieno Jean-Pierre Jeunet -tekele. Ainekset olisi ollut hyväänkin leffaan, mutta mitä helvettiä. Ensinnäkin leffasta olisi voinut katsoa ensimmäiset ja viimeiset kymmenen minuuttia, koska niiden välissä ei tapahtunut yhtään mitään. Leffa junnasi armottomasti paikoillaan ja juonessakaan ei kyllä ollut loppupelissä mitään järkeä."
Michael M added this to a list 10 months, 4 weeks ago