Philippe wrote:

Ezra wrote :

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You can't go wrong with the City of Lost Children. I think it's one of Gilliam's finest, and the children are simply brilliant. Most impressive to me is the cinematagraphy, as with most of Mr. Gilliam's work.

Are you sure that "The City..." was directed by Gilliam ? I think that "La cit=E9 des enfants perdus" (french title) was directed by Marc Carro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who also directed the last Alien). I hope I don't make make any confusion, because the french and english titles are sometimes very different.

Phillipe, you're right, this was indeed the same film, directed by Jeunet and Caro. But their style is quite similar to Giliam's in that they both go for the retro-future look - as if the set designer has come through a time warp from the 1950's. In Gilliam's case it may have something to do with him being a fan of Philip K Dick - as for Jeunet and Caro, they've probably just been watching Brazil :) I liked The City of Lost Children a lot - it had a nice creepy fairytale feel about it, and the retro look gave it the same timeless quality that fairytales have. I liked Jeunet and Caro's first film, Delicatessen, the best, though. It was in the same style, but far blacker and very funny in places (Ca c'est un travail pour l'Australian!). The squeaky bedsprings, in particular, stick in my mind... Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, "On the ferris wheel, Leeds, Looking out on Coney Island, LS9 7TF Under more stars than U.K. There are prostitutes in Thailand" Strange Powers, Magnetic Fields ____________________________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+