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Delicatessen (1991)
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"As opposed to the equally bizarre City of Lost Children, Delicatessen is slightly less of a head trip. However, that's not to say that CoLT is pure head trip--it is just bizarre. I find myself lost for words attempting to describe the feel of the two films, the only two by Jeunet (and Caro) that I have seen. I suppose it suffices to say that they are remarkably dark yet infectiously upbeat, utterly grotesque yet unsettlingly whimsical. From Delicatessen's incredible opening sequence, we are introduced to a bleak, filth stained existence in which people and vermin are considered palpable sources of food. Social unrest and starvation are plaguing the city--the "outside"--and yet we never see what this outside world really is. The film is staged not unlike a play in that it primarily takes place in a single location, with only a certain number of set pieces and location set-ups. The first hour of the film is even the same group of 10 or so characters; no new ones are introduced ... "
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"When you gather with your loved ones this week, be sure to give extra thanks for that turkey or soy-based equivalent on which you’re about to dine. Times are hard, but for most of us, we’re still able to eat. Nevertheless, we need to prepare for the even tougher times that inevitably lay ahead. As countless movies attest, desperate times call for desperate measures at the dinner table. Like cannibalism. The circumstances under which “eat or be eaten” becomes the rule vary widely. Plenty of films have taken on this ancient taboo; in fact, a search for the tag “cannibal” on Spout.com yields eleven pages of results. For your holiday viewing pleasure, I’ve narrowed the list down to ten. Alive
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"(Image: Hisaharu Motoda’s “Neo-Ruins” via Pink Tentacle) The latest news from Wall Street seems to indicate that a complete financial meltdown is only a few weeks away. Before you violently horde every morsel of food from your local supermarket or begin a hostile take-over of your corner gas station, there are several movies you should watch in order to prepare for life after the downfall of Western civilization. There have been plenty of films in which the world we know is nothing but a burned out shell of its former glory. Nuclear holocaust and virulent plagues are common Earth-clearing disasters, but there’s no reason to think that a global economic collapse would be any less destructive. Let’s not forget that one of history’s most common causes for war is a desperate grab for resources during tough times. So without further ado, seven lessons from t "
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Jeunet c'est mon amor!
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"Holy cow (pun not intended)! What a great movie "Delicatessen" is. I would watch this movie over and over if I had the chance. I picked this up from the local Hastings foreign film section after seeing it was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who directed the wonderful "Amelie," a movie you'd only dislike if you had no soul. Even people who hate foreign films love Amelie.But I digress. I wasn't sure what to expect. After all, "Amelie" may have been wonderful, but "A Very Long Engagement" turned out to be exactly what the title said it was: very long and, sadly, not very captivating.Not so with "Delicatessen." The movie starts out a little strangely, in a postl-apocalyptic world in which folks live by cannibalism. The events of the story unfold in a deli and its attached apartment building, where the butcher/landlord hires maintenance men through a newspaper ad, and then quickly dispatches them to provide meat for his customers. The la ... "
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Oddball but Endearing
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"Odd little film from Germany I rented from the Library the other day. No subtitles on the disc, but they weren't needed, the dialog, what there was of it, consisted of the simplest of phrases, and/or the uttering of a character's name for identification. Almost a silent film, but with sound effects. The main character is a devoted assistant to a blind lifeguard at a dilapidated public bathhouse, in what looks like a war-torn and decimated landscape of ruined buildings and wreckage, and a nearly constant overcast rainy sky. A beautiful girl refugee appears as a love interest for our hero, and a subplot involving demolished buildings and crooked building inspectors threatens the future of the bathhouse. Very surreal throughout, reminded me of Delicatessen or City of Lost Children. There is also short film included on the DVD by the same director which is almost as entertaining as the feature. Worth a look if you are in the mood for something a little strange. "
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