Delicatessen (1991)

The future kind of sucks. (430 movies items)

"Reason for the future sucking: Food is in very limited supply, and is used by people as cash. And people are being killed, are used as cheap meat substitute by products, by a butcher. Year it takes place: Unknown post apocalyptic French year."

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Gentle clown Louison moves into an apartment building with a deli on the ground floor and falls for the butcher's daughter, Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac). It's soon discovered that Julie's father is actually butchering people ( a la Sweeney Todd) and selling the meat to tenants. At a crossroads, Julie must decide whether to remain loyal to her father or expose him to save Louison from becoming the next entree. The film was a critical success, and has a cult following."

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Gentle clown Louison moves into an apartment building with a deli on the ground floor and falls for the butcher's daughter, Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac). It's soon discovered that Julie's father is actually butchering people ( a la Sweeney Todd) and selling the meat to tenants. At a crossroads, Julie must decide whether to remain loyal to her father or expose him to save Louison from becoming the next entree. The film was a critical success, and has a cult following."

Seen at Cinema (167 movies items)

"Sub"

30 Best Films from the 'Alien' Saga Directors Club (34 movies items)

"jean-pierre jeunet (alien resurrection)"

“(MU) Better than the first view; more structured than it seemed even with too mane characters, but stands the romantic couple and the bustcher and the handsome neighbour, Funny scenes and comic compositions...” read more

150 From Around The World: My Fave Foreign Films (150 movies items)

"It a post apocalyptic planet Earth, and in France, supposedly like everywhere else, meat is scarce. So when circus clown Louison comes to work at a local butcher shop, his hopes are high on attaining a steady means of living with the delicatessen's delicacies as a benefit of the job. Only soon to find out that it could be the very opposite of those things that he may "end" up with. Delicatessen is an "after the big one" small story that comes off a bit more charming that one would expect ba"

Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Best to worst (13 movies items)

"My rating: 8/10 (co-directed it with Marc Caro)"

Debutant Movies (150 movies items)

"Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet "

1001 Movies ... my own version (1990's) (100 movies items)

" Notes: I’m not sure if this movie has a big reputation abroad but, in France, it is definitely considered as a massive cult-classic. Back in those days, there was no ‘Jean-Pierre Jeunet’ but only ‘Caro & Jeunet’, at least, that’s how they were known in France at the time. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it seriously exceeded my expectations, something that sadly doesn’t happen very often these days, and I was just quite blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, first of al"

Movies I Watched in January 2020 (22 movies items)

" Date: 1/21/2020 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: I haven't seen this movie since I was in High School back in 2007 and I still love this movie. This movie is a very surreal and creative dark comedy like no other matter. I love the art direction that this movie has because the cinematography does an amazing job on capturing the general tone of the movie. I can see why some people don't like this movie because dark humor is not everyone's cup of tea. It's too bad that we don't get many unique mo"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I’m not sure if this movie has a big reputation abroad but, in France, it is definitely considered as a massive cult-classic. Back in those days, there was no ‘Jean-Pierre Jeunet’ but only ‘Caro & Jeunet’, at least, that’s how they were known in France at the time. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it seriously exceeded my expectations, something that sadly doesn’t happen very often these days, and I was just quite blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, first of all"