The other day Mr Peck and I watched a movie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet called Micmacs.
You may know Jeunet as the director of Amelie [my all time favourite movie] or A Very Long Engagement [also very good] or you might not know him at all [because his movies are in French - which in my opinion are the most interesting/quirky/thought-provoking/cool movies out there].
If you don't know these movies I suggest you watch them! :)
Micmacs [like Amelie] was a fun quirky film about Bazil, a guy who gets a bullet randomly lodged in his head and goes about bringing the weapons company which made the bullet down.
It is full of fun, interesting characters including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist.
The film is full of the quirky humor Jeunet has become known for as well as some beautiful imagery and ideas. I loved the last scene in which Tiny Pete creates a floating dress [but I can't find any pictures of it]
It is full of fun, interesting characters including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist.
It is such a creative film and has definitely become one of my favourites!
you've certainly piqued my interest Jasmine. Amelie is in my top 3 all-time-favourites...so now I'm keen to see this one!
ReplyDeleteOOhh I'll have to find this one. Mike and I recently saw A very long engagement, and enjoyed that one! So we'll have to see if we can find this one!
ReplyDeletelet me know if you end up watching and what you thought :)
ReplyDeleteit's cool that i can spread the word!