Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
1995
*****
Alas, the brilliant collaboration of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro ends with only their second film, the visually stunning The City of Lost Children. Their first film Delicatessen, is a masterpiece, The City of Lost Children is much the same but on a much larger scale. Although I prefer the previous film, The City of Lost Children is probably a better film technically. The production, editing, cinematography, lighting, effects, make-up, costumes...the lot, it's nothing short of breathtaking. The beginning title sequence alone is better than most of the Hollywood films released in the same year put together. The inventiveness and stunning visuals are incomparable. Warning: Under no uncertain terms should you watch the dubbed into English version which has been cut to pieces and rearranged with wall paper paste!!
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