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The City of Lost Children

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Briac Barthelemy (Actor), Guillaume Billod-Morel (Actor), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Director) Rated:

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One of the most unique and visually stunning films in years, The City of Lost Children concerns a malevolent scientist who attempts to unlock the mystery of dreaming. To this end, he kidnaps young children and studies them as they sleep. From Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amelie and Alien: Resurrection.

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Actors: Briac Barthelemy, Guillaume Billod-Morel, Geneviève Brunet, Marc Caro, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Format: Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 19, 1999
Run Time: 112 minutes
Average Customer Review: 378 customer reviews
ASIN: B00000K3TS
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,662 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #632 in Movies & TV > DVD > Fantasy
- #702 in Movies & TV > DVD > Foreign Films
- #1104 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction

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GoSaints

Worth the wait

November 21, 2015

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

The old Sony DVD has a brighter, softer look whereas this new Blu-ray has a darker, sharper look. I think the director wanted most of the film's scenes to take place at night or dusk, thus the darker appearance. Images are much more detailed, the exception being areas in shadow are much darker on the Blu-ray, those areas actually have less detail than the DVD. Colors are more consistent on the Blu-ray, particularly the green water and flesh tones.

In the new French DTS sound mix, actors’ voices can be heard more clearly and the fog horn has noticeably more oomph. The English dub is still available if you want that.

The English subtitles are greatly improved from the DVD which had dubtitles (matching the subpar English dub).

On Blu-ray, the director’s commentary track now has a subtitle option. This is a nice feature because Jeunet's English has a very strong accent.

The Blu-ray has the “Making Of..." (good), “Archives..." (can skip), and "Interview with Gaultier" (good) that were previously only available on the Deluxe DVD.

The improved picture, sound, and extras on the Blu-ray make it a worthy upgrade from the DVD.

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'THE 'DREAM' THIEF' (UNUSUAL MOVIE EXPERIENCE)

November 22, 2015

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This perhaps one of the weirdest and yet quite sinister films you are ever likely to see.....
On a tower out to sea a mad-man 'Krank' (Daniel Emilfork)directs his men to go to shore and steal young
children off the streets and their homes, his purpose is to steal their dreams, he has a plan.
We have a 'Fagan' like school to train the young to steal which is run by two grotesque mad-woman from
which a young girl 'Miette' ( Judith Vittette) seeks to find her young brother who had been taken, she
crosses paths with former whaler and strong-man 'One' (Ron Pearlman) who is really a big-softie and will
help 'Miette' rescue her brother and indeed the other children that are held at the tower.
Have to say this is an unusual film with many different and indeed weird characters...the film is a cross
between madness and dare i say genius.
I agree with an earlier reviewers thoughts - you'd not forget the film once seen
The Film is in French with English Sub-Titles.
Features -
Commentary with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Actor Ron Perlman
The making of the City of Lost Children
Archives of Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Interview with Jean-Paul Gautier
Theatrical Trailer

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Vinnie Rattolle

Contrasty "20th anniversary" blu-ray

February 25, 2016

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One one hand, I have to give Sony credit for the 2015 transfer, which is so sharp that one might almost think the movie was shot in HD. Whether we're talking about lines in people's faces or or textures like burlap, everything is stupendously clear. The problem, however, is that anything that's shadowed is GONE, dissolved into absolute blackness... which wouldn't be such a problem if this weren't a shadowy noir-influenced fantasy. Initially I thought the my TV was to blame, but once I started fidgeting with the picture settings, I realized that the contrast was cranked up to 11 in the transfer itself.

The City of Lost Children is 5 star movie (like Mary Poppins herself, it's practically perfect in every way), but I'm deducting one star for the horrible contrast issue, a half-star for the total lack of new extras on this "anniversary" release and another half for only releasing it through Amazon (Sony's become really annoying with their "exclusive" and greedy smash-and-grab "limited edition" blu-ray releases).

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Doctor John

Thanks to Amazon for making it possible...

November 20, 2015

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Jeunet (&Caro?) took advantage of this opportunity to oversee the best edition of this film to date (I owned three, or four, before...) Everything is optimal in the Sony Pictures Classics 20th Anniversary edition; I can see details missing from all previous SD & BD releases. And - J&C took this opportunity to edit the last ten minutes or so to take care of story continuity problems in all previous releases. Original French audio with very good Eng subtitles.

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Charlie

Great movie, but the commentary wasn't the best

August 10, 2017

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

The movie itself is one of my favorites and I had watched it previously, but never got around to buying a physical copy of it. When I came across this version of the Blu-Ray with the directory's commentary, I ordered it.

The commentary wasn't the best as far as extras go, and I'm saying that as a huge fan of Ron Perlman, his interviews included. The directory didn't seem to have much to say as far as the thought process behind the movie. Seemed a bit random in his choices. Which may just be the way he expressed, especially given that English isn't his first language, so I don't think it takes away from the movie itself, but was just a bit disheartening to hear on the directory's commentary.

It's still nice to have a Blu-Ray copy which is good quality and the movie itself is still a special one.

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StevenR

A shallow and disappointing movie that just tried to hard to be different without knowing what it wanted to actually be.

May 13, 2018

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A swing and a miss, the only good thing about this movie was it had some cool sets... other then that it was just not well done. I like strange different movies that have some depth. This is not that, this was like a high school student film that's entire purpose was just trying to be weird without ever stopping to think why so just came off silly and shallow. No real story, no character development, acting was terrible, there was no deeper meaning or anything about the movie either so just came off feeling shallow and empty. Disappointing, I saw all the positive reviews and thought I was in for something unique and special instead it was just a generic movie trying to seem different and failing.

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Charles Maddox Jr.

One of my Movies ever

May 12, 2017

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A willfully strange and wonderful sci-fi movie from France. To attempt to describe it would be folly, but I'll say it's a crime story in a strange future, with insane characters. This nightmarish comedy, from the director of Alien Resurrection, is a must watch. Finally I'll say that the commentary is very interesting.

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RobRock

Surreal and humorous.

May 18, 2018

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It's surreal, for sure. Hilarious! Found myself often delightfully perplexed, wondering what kind of mind came up with this, that and the other. Some might need to be in the mood for surrealism, but if you like stuff by Terry Gilliam you'll love this.

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