City of Lost Children (1995), Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, C+
Wow – here is one that has NOT aged well. (I’m afraid to see what Delicatessen looks like.) Loud, simple and, in a way, cheap, that’s how this feels to me.
There are some clever scenes – like stealing a key by attaching a magnet to a mouse’s but and sprinkling cheese on the floor – but, oy, it’s so noisy. Somehow Brazil and Eraserhead are timeless, but this just screams early 90s Angelika Film Center naivety.