I had the pleasure of seeing this in the cinema. I was only 11 or 12 and didn't have a clue to what I had bought a ticket for. I was supposed to see Snake Eyes with Nicolas Cage but there was some trouble with the print so I had to choose an other movie. And it was this. You can't imagine the impact this movie made on back then, it's just amazing. Unfortunately I forgot the name of it and with no internet or such it took me 10 years to find it and see it again. I wish they release it on blu-ray soon!
Such a unique and brilliant looking film, a lot more influential on video games in the late 90s/early 2000s than people can imagine. Shame it never got the props it deserved!
dang i happened to come back to this trailer just cuz i like watching it and saw these replies and i was about to like my own one because i didnt realise it was mine wild
@@eliza6971 Sorry for late reply. I meant it’s a shame this film never got appreciation within the public sphere of cinema and kind of fell into obscurity. I wish it was heralded more because it and much of the Caro’s work definitely deserved to be more than cult status. My guess is because it’s a foreign language film and is quite abstract and straightforward it became an acquired taste. It’s a Velvet Underground situation where it was mostly forgotten but the ones who were into it worshipped it religiously and incorporated it into their own work. As for the Bioshock fanbase, a lot of them seem quite into early 20th century objectivist literature and discussions of meta narratives and dystopias so I wouldn’t say it’s unlikely their intellectual group wouldn’t be into French Cinema.
This is one of the most surreal movies of all time. I remember when I was a teenager being half asleep on my couch and I saw the trailer for this movie on Sci-Fi channel. For a full year I didn't know if the movie was a dream of the real thing. Then finally a year or so later, the trailer was on a movie I rented, in which I had to then wait another 6 months for its to come out on VHS ( in the states ). One of my all time favorite movies. Creepy, trippy weird and beautiful.
I fell in love with this trailer when I was in high school, and insisted that even my girlfriends parents watch it. It was a trailer included on a VHS copy of Heavy Metal that my friend lent me. I eventually saw the film was even more mesmerized. Spectacular visuals, unique storytelling, and great actors. A young Ron Perlman speaking French!?! Movies vs. film was now a distinction I realized. Watching movies/film has never been the same. We all have that one one experience where we realized we didn't understand what we were watching, until you that new thing. City of Lost Children was mine. Jeunet & Caro created a wonderful film that all should watch.
The visuals of the movie had a profound impact on me..reminded me of my childhood living in Korea near the port where homes were clumped together and back alleys seemed like an adventure... the scene right after One frees himself from the chair and follows the orphans, the city for front and back drop.. ahhh I want to explore all those nooks and cranies,,, so beautiful
@@MurkyMists you must have not seen this trailer before seeing the movie; whenever that was, seeing how this came out in '95. Cuz I'd say this trailer made it very clear that this was not your "normal" type of film lol. Definitely one of the top films of the 90s and a must-see for any true filmbuff!
No mate, there weren't even any computers back then in the traditional sense. It uses matte painting superimposed on a green screen, cycloramas, detailed mockup sets and electronically controled props like Robby. Westworld was the very first movie to use 2D CGI, while the sequel Futureworld was the first to have 3D CGI, it in fact used the first CGI shot EVER, this hand created by folks at the University of Utah:: /watch?v=T5seU-5U0ms along with a face they made later on: /watch?v=SPMFhcC4SvQ
Remember seeing this as a child, omg how totaly mind blowing it was back then, remember i felt ill after watching it, then i had nightmares for months. Today i love this movie.
@@miamivicemastermixer yes when it’s an actually good movie I don’t want to get spoiled by watching the rest of the movie. However for bad movies it’s good cuz you can watch the movie in 3 minutes and you’re done
I was a kid when I first saw this trailer, and it was one of those things that I couldn’t remember whether I actually saw it or if it was a dream. It was so creepy to me that I guess I convinced myself it wasn’t real. I’m a grown man now and I still haven’t watched it. Part of the reason is I never got around to it, but I guess there’s still that creepy vibe from it that I still remember. One day I’ll have to check it out.
Saw this movie on video when i was 14 after seeing the trailer to it on video and when i saw a review on it in the papers in 96 and i rented it on video, i loved it and i rented it with Brazil as a double feature of the strange and unique mix of sci-fi and fantasy with dark comedy thrown in. This movie is influential big time
On my list of favorite movies of all time this one takes the top spot, hands down. It has everything a movie’s got to have: Story, camera, timing, actors, style, score, score again, meaning and above all again: timing. It’s amazing!
I was fresh out of high school and stumbled across this movie at the video store back in 1995 and I was never the same my imagination expanded because of this movie only underground movies are the best
This might sound weird as hell, but when I saw this as a kid, I personally thought Ron Perlman as One somehow reminded me of freaking Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho lol
This little gem of a movie is full of wonderful quirky characters. I personally love it - there's an amazing set, wonderful gadgets and a fairytale feel to this. Whilst not great for children, you'll feel like you're watching a nightmarish fairytale. My friend was so spaced out when we were watching this movie that I told her this was the prequel to Hellboy.
I bought this movie solely from watching a trailer for it some 8 or 9 years ago. I love the world, the visuals. Everything about it is so surreal. I just recently ordered Delicatessen because of it being directed by the same pair as this film. I'm looking forward to watching it
I dunno why but I’m kinda getting ”French vibes” from this trailer. You know, like when the mood/visuals are depressing, yet at the same time artistic and beautiful..
@@moxypicture5681 yepp but I really didn’t know that at the time when I wrote that comment. I had just googled someone named ”Ron Pearlman” and this trailer came up, and I thought; ”Bro, this gotta be French!” :P
i remember seeing this trailer in the 90s in the "heavy metal" cartoon movie. we use to always watch it on acid as teens. i was obsessed with this trailer. it took me years to find the actual movie and then i finally found it on vhs and rented it. years later i had finally found it on dvd with the subtitles and burned it. took me like 10 years just to get this movie. still one of my favorite unique movies.
Saw this trailer as well on a VHS copy of Heavy Metal I rented from Blockbuster. I must have rewatched the trailer a hundred times before I turned it in.
I just finished the movie. I have never seen anything like this before. It's a great film with an amazing story line. The theme and style of this movie is great! That was something I wished I seen a lot sooner. I'm American so touching in a French film from 1995 was an excellent experience from even that type of gene. Thank you for this trailer by helping me decide what I should watch.
I saw this movie and it really was quite unique, the cinimatography was unlike anything i've ever seen in it's pure surrealism and the acting was really great as well. Story was also quite touching.
The movie tells us about a scientist who cannot see dreams and believes that once he steals them from children he will obtain youth. I can say no more, for this is basically it, but the details and secondary storylines are indeed interesting and entertaining. The movie is quite atmospheric and phantasmagoric. Ron Perlman plays a bit "slow" and husky guy who tries to find his kidnapped little brother. On his way he meets small thief girl who decides to help him. You can read more about it on imdb
When I originally saw this trailer, I was very confused and interested, I have finally got the idea to watch it and I am still confused about some parts. But overall this was a very great film. (The main thing that confused me when I watched it, was I thought it said the movie was made in 198-, it confused me on how a movie in that time could have such great visuals.)
i saw this on the heavy metal trailor back in the 90s and searched forever for it and found it in a old raggedy movie shop on vhs, its all in french but it has subtitles. i think its on dvd now also. its worth watching its really odd. put it this way if you like unique film direction watch it, if you dont understand things that are outside of the box dont watch it. the smoke in the trailer doesnt play a huge part in the movie at all its more about a little kid
I just found out how this movie was one of the creative sparks that gave life to the astonishing plot and background history of the Greatist! video game & backstory of all time ( in my opinion obviously). This french film is where Rapture acquired that foreshadowed aura of dark, damp and menacing danger lurking around every leaking dim-lit corridor. As well as the general concept of the Protector Program & Big Daddies (Ron Pearlman w/ the girl on his back) But Bioshock needed just as badly Andrew Ryan's unique economic ideal's (The Great Chain) modified from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" to fully create the dystopian city of Rapture. But personally, the fine points that THIS movie gave Bioshock is what made it truly great. A perfect storm of creative vision. But I don't think I'd be able to sit through and watch the actual movie,lol
This was one of the weirdest movies I've seen in a while. A rare gem for my movie collection, it was awesome and I liked it a lot, especially the atmosphere and soundtrack.
I saw the trailer for this movie before some other film. As soon as I read the quote from Terry Gilliam in the beginning and saw the first scene in the trailer with the green fog, I knew it had to see it. And it was amazing.
I watched this movie three times at least, and can't tell you what this is exactly about. But i know i'll watch it a couple times more. It's the one movie that comes closest to a dream.
Does anyone know who does the English voice over for Uncle Irvin (brain in a jar)? It's an English actor but I can not recall his name & he is not listed in the movie credits or in IMDB. The only actor listed for Uncle Irvin is the French version Jean-Louis Trintignant.
This movie was amazing!! the special effects were Hardcore Tripped out at the end. The story was very Original.Orphan girl befriends a carnival strongman to find his kid brother who's been taken by the darkmen who steal children.End up discovering the Mad scientist responsible and duel in his dreamworld for control of his own humanity. The vision was stunning and terrifing. I heartily Reccomend this. the DVD has it Dubbed in English for our enjoyment. otherwise it's french(?).
Since this movie is in French, does that mean that Ron Perlman could speak French, or did he have to learn French for this movie like Doug Jones had to learn Spanish for "Pan's Labyrinth"?
+caitlinjane92 He actually did his lines phonetically, he didn't understand them. This was intentional... he spoke very broken French to make him sound more like a foreigner and a simpleton.
/watch?v=QfRAfsK5cvU It's the hand on the computer screen. I know, it's barely even there, but still. That hand is also actually the very first computer generated animation in the history of everything, it was done by some folks at the University of Utah.
her name is judith vittet....this was pretty much her only movie...ive read shortly after making this movie, she decided she'd rather be an architect or archeologist
Saw it when it first came out and its been my favorite movie since. it is possible to find, I stumbled upon a dvd of it maybe 2 yrs ago after looking for years also. So of course, I bought it on the spot.
the city of lost children and delicatessen are just masterpieces that you wont find anywhere in this form.i have the DVD of both and the game of City of lost children and these are some of my most precious belongings.VEEEEEEEEEERYYYYY good movies.
Brazil is the only one able to compet in that category. They just released " L'ecume des jours " in France and I wish so much that Jeunet&Caro realized it too. You may read the book though, it's somehow connected. Viel Spass
Back in the early 80s there was a torrent of highly imaginative fantasy movies that came out. It was sort of like the superhero surge we are getting now. These sorts of movies have never gotten proper funding since.
@Darkmaxmuk Same for me ... I love Jean Pierre Jeunet, but he gave me nightmares with this one ! I'm glad we, French people, have such a talented director ! :)
I saw this film when I was 8 or something.. without doubt, and I have never been so scared my entire life :p couldn't sleep for days :p but saw it again when I was older, and it's a fantastic movie
OH WOW!!!! I havent seen this in years!!! Idk how to find it agian. I saw this when I was a bit younger, so I rememeber it being a creepy movie. But mabey now that Im a bit older, It will be great! =]
The movie is about some guy who kidnaps children and takes their energy to keep himself from aging, but he kidnaps a kid who has a big brother that comes after the guy, emphasis on "big".
You'll need the french version to enjoy the amazing Krank's voice (the 'mad' scientist). And check the bonus on dvd, you'll see that this actor is really like this in 'each-day- life' :) I wish I could met him each morning by backer, freaky but pleasant.
Ron Perlman... The first narrator of the Fallout Franchise... His work help made this aesthetic Spy Kids-esque before-it-was-Spy Kidsesque film. There's even a Classic Doom for this film
