Delicatessen
1992 Directed by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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A futuristic comic feast.
This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scares and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his costumers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his next slaughter victim things turn into chaos.
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Delicatessen is my second Jeunet film (and my first of his two team ups with Marc Caro), and by now I know what to expect from him. That's not to say that this is safe or unoriginal in any way, it's just that Jeunet has a unique vision, a very distinct color palette, and all his films have a certain quirky charm that is nearly irresistible.
In a not too far off futuristic world, meat is scarce, and cannibalism has become common throughout the world. When a former clown named Louison goes to work at an apartment building above a deli, he is unaware that he is next on the tenants' menu. When one of the women in the building…
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Film #25 of No Rewatch November
Bizarre and all over the place. At times unfocused but always in your face with some crazy cinematography or wacky musical cues. The opening credits are cool and the opening scene is hilarious. So well done. Special mention to the last scene in the bathroom as well. Fantastic. The underground scenes didn't work as well for me, but props to Caro and Jeunet for creating such a bizarre yet believable world in such a short span of time.
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A contender for funniest movie I've ever seen, though I'm probably the only person on Earth that would think that. My girlfriend and I get drunk and watch it once a month every month and it's fucking fantastic.
NB: This is the movie that made the musical saw awesome.
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"Nobody is entirely evil: it's circumstances that make them evil, or they don't know they are doing evil."
Delicatessen is a brilliant post apocalyptic black comedy which contains many very creative and stylized themes that contribute to its originality and success. Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet do a fantastic job of telling a story about love, conscious, ones ability to do evil and those who don't seem to understand what evil is.
The film is about an apartment complex that is situated above a butcher shop called 'Delicatessen'. Little does the new tenant know, that the delicacy the butcher serves are the new tenants that move into the building, and he is next. (Dun Dun DUHHHHH)
Delicatessen opens into a…
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The filmmaking team of Jean Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro is a marriage of Gilliam, Burton, and Lynch. Together they created two of my favourite films, Delicatessen and City Of Lost Children. While I like most of Jeunet’s later work, it doesn’t quite have the sensuous look and feel of these two films. If I were to draw a comparison, it would be like Burton and Lynch teamed up to make Brazil.
While Delicatessen is dark and very adult, you can’t help but feel that it’s a child’s nightmare, and the story is told from that perspective. The characters are broadly drawn, larger than life, and over the top. How the characters look and act play a more important role…
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Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet of Amelie and Alien Resurrection fame, Delicatessen is a very strange but interesting French film set in a post apocalyptic world where food shortages cause a butcher to provide a rather different source of meat for the residents in one apartment block.
The majority of the film is soaked in a golden orange glow, adding a very atmospheric and claustrophobic feeling. Most characters are surreal to say the least but this adds to the films likeability. The soundtrack exists through the actions of the characters themselves. Several musical pieces stand out, in particular the musical saw, but for me the funniest moment of the film is the 'Hawaiian dance' scene.
The film holds up for the most part, descending into yet more weirdness when the Troglodyte people appear from underground, and the ending is as chaotic as you can imagine. Surreal.
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Delicatessen is my second Jeunet film (and my first of his two team ups with Marc Caro), and by now I know what to expect from him. That's not to say that this is safe or unoriginal in any way, it's just that Jeunet has a unique vision, a very distinct color palette, and all his films have a certain quirky charm that is nearly irresistible.
In a not too far off futuristic world, meat is scarce, and cannibalism has become common throughout the world. When a former clown named Louison goes to work at an apartment building above a deli, he is unaware that he is next on the tenants' menu. When one of the women in the building…
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Rather than actually characterize any of the characters or give them any sort of depth, the script seemed dead-set on making them all vehicles for certain "quirks" that they all had.
At times, this is charming and worked towards creating an innovative and interesting scene.
At times - most times - it comes off as irritating, unfunny, and artificial.
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Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet of Amelie and Alien Resurrection fame, Delicatessen is a very strange but interesting French film set in a post apocalyptic world where food shortages cause a butcher to provide a rather different source of meat for the residents in one apartment block.
The majority of the film is soaked in a golden orange glow, adding a very atmospheric and claustrophobic feeling. Most characters are surreal to say the least but this adds to the films likeability. The soundtrack exists through the actions of the characters themselves. Several musical pieces stand out, in particular the musical saw, but for me the funniest moment of the film is the 'Hawaiian dance' scene.
The film holds up for the most part, descending into yet more weirdness when the Troglodyte people appear from underground, and the ending is as chaotic as you can imagine. Surreal.
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Part of '30 Years, 30 Movies': 1992
I don't know, maybe I'm just in the wrong mood for this. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm in a good mood (or at least I was when I started the film) but all it's quirkiness just annoyed me and made me not care about what was happening. I tuned out in the last half an hour to be honest and just started browsing other things. I'm sure that's likely to annoy fans of the film, but I just didn't feel involved in the movie at all and it was definitely one of the longer ninety minutes I've felt while watching a film. Super disappointed for the time being, but I'm open to the idea of revisiting it some day and hopefully getting more into it.
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I think this might've suffered from my expectations; it sounded on the right side of bat shit crazy and I'm a huge fan of French cinema, and I'd waited a long time to see it. However, it just didn't click for me. It looks beautiful, it's certainly crazy and I credit the filmmakers for being hugely imaginative, but it all just feels like there's not a lot of substance to what looks great on the surface. Everything moves very, very fast and there's not enough attention or detail paid to the characters or their motives, so it leaves a lot to be desired in that department. There are some funny moments, but probably not enough considering what I'd attempted to achieve. I do appreciate the effort that went into the film's construction, but I have to say I felt let down.
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Originally posted here: shelfheroes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/delicatessen.html
Imaginative surrealist black comedy set in a dystopian future France where food is in short supply. A small local community revolves around a butcher (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) who supplies the town with the only meat still on offer…. human, which he acquires by posting advertisements for an odd job man in the local paper. Anyone lucky enough to get the job receives room and board - and a grisly death at the hands of the butcher. However when his latest tenant, former circus clown Louison (Dominique Pinon), arrives his daughter Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac) becomes enamoured with him and is determined he doesn’t end up on her father’s chopping block.
In many ways it’s a nostalgic film that…
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A normal tenement filled with normal residents.
Still..I'm looking at our apartment house with totally different perspective now. Maybe there's some random sewer divers in under our building as well...must be careful from now on -
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