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Review Summaries
"One (Ron Perlman) a sideshow strong whose demeanor is child like has his ‘little brother' (a small boy he found) lost to kidnapers of little children.
A young girl, Mitette (Judith Vittet) helps him to find where the Cyclops has taken him. The Cyclops is selling small children to Krank (Daniel Emilfork) a man who can not dream so he steals children's dreams. The movie is about the relationship between Mitette and One and the slow build up of trust to each other. "
Dale Morgan, Resident Scholar
"An Old Scientist had tried several cloning attempts each with a fault. The last attempt created a son who had a fault that he could not dream or show sympathy. This defect caused him to age prematurely. It was through his attempt to live in children's dreams that he hoped to end the aging process. However, the process turned the children's dreams into nightmares. In the course of this endeavor a boy is kidnap belonging to a side show strong man. The story line basically is this man's attempt to find and free this boy, and the interpersonal relationship he has on the way. "
T. Yackel, Resident Scholar
"The City of Lost Children is a dark, dystopic, former future environment where children are kidnapped for the purpose of prolonging the protagonist's ("Krank"-Daniel Emilfork) life as he steals their dreams. Disjointed and puzzling, the pieces of this fantastical world come together as One (Ron Perlman), a funfair strongman, and Miette (Judith Vittet), a 9-year old orphan gang leader, seek for One's kidnapped "little brother." This movie includes one of the most visually creative landscapes ever filmed, costumes by Jean-Paul Gauthier, and an almost enigmatic fairy-tale narrative."
Eddie Hollon, Resident Scholar
"The City Of Lost Children pits the not exactly evil, but desperate means of Krank, against the strength of a relationship between a young quick-witted girl, Mitette and One, a brute man. Krank is kidnapping children in order to steal their dreams, although he does not realize that he will never get their dreams, only their nightmares. Krank kidnaps Denree, One's "little brother", causing One and Mitette to search out Krank and save Denree and the other children."
Zach Saltzman, Resident Scholar
"If you love to see things you've never seen before in your life, this movie will do the trick. Following their 1991 black comedy-fantasy "Delicatessen," the French writing and directing team Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet cooked up a surreal cross between Dickens and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil." Krank, the mad scientist who shares quarters -- a sort of oil drilling platform in the ocean -- with five clones stricken with sleeping sickness and a disembodied brain in a tank (which narrates the tale), cannot dream and fears this condition will end his life prematurely. So he goes about kidnapping children and stealing their dreams in the hope of thus prolonging his life. One of his prisoners is the little brother of One, a former whale hunter (Perlman, known in this country for the 1987 TV series "Beauty and the Beast") who now works the streets of the city as a carnival strong man. One hunts for his lost sibling with the help of a little female artful dodger named Miette. Though the plot -- such as it is -- is a bit hard to follow, this visually and thematically dark film has deteriorating, post-apocalyptic sets and an absolutely unique and fantastic vision. (The opening sequence is an especially wonderful antidote for those who are sick of Santa-infested Christmases!)"
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 10% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- the bad dream dude
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/medium curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
- Average intelligence
Physique
- Bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- scientist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- skinny (man)
Physical condition
- healthy but a geeky weakling
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- Polluted
- 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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