The City Of Lost Children (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #18 extract: The City Of Lost Children (1995)

The City Of Lost Children is a complex mish-mash of fairy-tale and fantasy with astounding world building, off-the-wall writing and a completely unique aesthetic. By far, my favourite part of this movie is Dominique Pinon, who plays around 6 different characters. He is the shining co-star, alongside director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, of The City Of Lost Children that brings so much off-beat magic to this story. 

The only critique I could issue this film would be that Jeunet doesn't handle the logistics of his action scenes (or moments) very well at all. He is much better at building characters and constructing a strange world than he is at capturing adventure or tension that is connected to physical conflicts. 

With that said, this is a movie I want to talk about at greater length, but with spoilers. To see this talk, please click here.