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The City of Lost Children is a french film of genre Science fiction directed by Marc Caro released in USA on 15 december 1995 with Ron Perlman

The City of Lost Children (1995)

The City of Lost Children
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Miette

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Miette: When you're born in the gutter you end up in the port.

L'oncle Irvin

Facebook Share this quote on facebook L'oncle Irvin: [after Krank's latest failiure] Who stole the child's dreams? Krank, in his evil schemes. But the happy tale had a sting in it's tail. The genius has a fit of pique, hear the genius shriek, the 'genius' is up a creek.

Dialogue

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Krank: Irvin?
L'oncle Irvin: I've got a migraine!
Krank: Irvin, you know all about feelings. Won't you try to help me? Won't you explain why all those children only have nightmares?
L'oncle Irvin: Because you are their nightmare. You could persecute all the children in the world, but there's one thing you'll never have.
Krank: What?
L'oncle Irvin: A soul.
Krank: Because you believe you have one? You don't even have a body. The one who created us made us all monsters.
L'oncle Irvin: No Krank, you're wrong. You are the only monster here.
Krank: [Distressed] Be Quiet! He is the only one responsible for that, I say I'm innocent. I'm innocent!
Krank: [Shuffles away and then turns back with regained composure] In any case, I thank you for your help.

About The City of Lost Children

Facebook Share this quote on facebook City of the Lost Children is just unbelievably bizarre when you watch it. The plot is a pretty simplistic good vs. evil ploy, but the city is the real star of the show. While it's funky urban-decay architecture and opaque green water is fascinating enough as it is, even more so are the inhabitants of the city. Here's a quick little list of what you'll see in this movie:


Facebook Share this quote on facebook Assassin fleas and their accordion-grinder master


Facebook Share this quote on facebook A band of child thieves



Facebook Share this quote on facebook A bunch of clones that suffer from narcolepsy


Facebook Share this quote on facebook A guy with a tattoo of a minefield on his head

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Can we find, in "The City of Lost Children," a parable on the desperation of modern man, who is progressively losing the ability to dream?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Caro: We never have "messages" of that sort, merely the desire to tell a simple story.
Jeunet: I think of men incapable of dreaming...There have always been men to put on fantasy festivals, or to make films, to make others dream; and there are others who have never dreamed.
Caro: Dreaming is also having the ability to preserve the spirit of childhood. It's true that it's a little metaphorical in the framework of the film, but there's no message.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Why was there so much secrecy during filming?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Jeunet: When working on a film of such scope, answering journalists' questions is impossible. There are already so many more pressing questions: where am I going to put the camera, what do I say to the actor, how it's going to be done, etc. And there are a million of these questions daily! [Laughs.] Also, we didn't want to spoil the surprises, so as not to wear the public out.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook On the one hand, capitalism is presented as enabling self-interest and freedom, as exemplified by the freedom to produce scientific developments (Krank), pursue religious ideas (the Cyclopses), and seek wealth (the Octopus). On the other hand, it exposes the deplorable effects of capitalism ... the exploitation of childhood (the cynical orphans), of tenderness (the Original scientist, attacked and turned out by his own beloved creations), and of innocence (the terrified children whose dreams are stolen) while suggesting that there is no place in capitalism for originality, disinterestedness, duty, self-reflective analysis, and other defining aspects of "the human."
Jen Webb and Tony Schirato. "Disenchantment and the City Of Lost Children". Revue Canadienne d'Études cinématographiques / Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 13 (1): 62. (2004).

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Jen Webb and Tony Schirato. "Disenchantment and the City Of Lost Children". Revue Canadienne d'Études cinématographiques / Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 13 (1): 62. (2004).