The City of Lost Children [VHS]
by Marc Caro
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Actor: Briac Barthelemy, Genevi?ve Brunet, Guillaume Billod-Morel, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marc CaroDirector: Marc Caro
Primary Contributor: Daniel Emilfork
Primary Contributor: Ron Perlman
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: French (Original Language), Analog; English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 112 minutes
Release Date: 1996-07-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Sony Pictures Classics
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
VHS Movie Reviews of The City of Lost Children [VHS]
Movie Review: Crazy, Creepy, Beautiful.
Summary: 4 Stars
I came to this film reminiscent of the time I first fell in love with Amelie, thinking it would be another fantastical feast for the eyes. I was wrong - but only to a degree. From the get-go I was convinced I'd been taking some drugs and the beginning brought be back to the crawling baby scene in Trainspotting. Scared and disturbed, I was still intrigued. The more I watched the more I became engrossed in the characterization and yes - the beautiful, yet dull use, of reds and greens in the imagery. Ultimately, its plot is unforgettable and mesmerizing, but Ron Perlman's attempt at speaking French is a little bothersome and weird. It made me wonder if they made him a slow, lovable brute only after they heard him speak the language. Nevertheless, he doesn't speak as much as I'd thought he would and his acting is still wonderful and well-placed for this film. Rent it when you're feeling strange, curious and all-around adventurous.
Summary of The City of Lost Children [VHS]
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 AxmakerArt House & International VHS Video
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