I heartily second Amelie. My roommate at the time convinced me to go see it with him when it first came out.

I then went back and dragged along anyone else I could... 8 times.

La valse d'Amelie - Vibraphone Test Melody - Marble Machine has been added as a related post - related requested by newtboy on that post.

I am a fan of Alien Rez, not because of Joss Whedon's patchwork script, but because at least it had the familiar comedic elements of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and his usual returning ensemble cast (Ron Pearlamn, Dominique Pinon), as well as Sigorney Weaver being a badass mother.

Just my opinion. I love all of Jeunet's films; as wild and varied as the genres, his film style and character driven stories transcend the genre. City of Lost Child, Amelie, Delcatessen, Micmacs -- really excellent track record. Cool bit of science fiction in all of his films, even if just sort of a chaotic sense of fate and surrealism.

Ridley Scott is hit or miss -- but then again, Ridley Scott has far more a prolific film career so it's like arguing the planetary distances versus the intergalactic distances, we can't fully comprehend the multitude of influences involved in making a film and the secret to making it a good film, so what does it matter if it's 1 astronomical unit, 2 light years, or 26 billion light years, it's all beautiful art.

My kindness aside, his last 5 films: Robin Hood, Prometheus, The Counselor, Exodus, The Martian -- typical and BORING blockbustery movies. 1492 and everything after have been epic suck fests. Even Hannibal was a let down. They're all movies you're sort of excited about, if it weren't for the fact that he drags them out and adds little element of noticeable flair. Like Spielberg, hidden in realism. I want the stylistic elements of Alien and Blade Runner and Legend that PULLED YOU OUT of the movie experience to say loudly: This is art.

The soundtracks especially -- Ridley Scott replaced the original scoring of his movie Legend, which was a dazzling score by Tangerine Dream -- he replaced it with Jerry Goldsmith in rerelease... which sort of makes it all come full circle when you listen to the awful, typically EPIC score of Prometheus, minus all the atmosphere that the original soundtrack provided.

The only thing keeping this from being the most beautiful short ever, is the similarity to the film Amelie. They definitely riffed off of that, but it's cute and endearing anyway, and the actress is beautiful and perfect at that show of innocent wistfulness.
And yeah @Stormsinger, artists are magical, but unfortunately we can only change the world with illusions. Not nearly enough as we should.

>> ^Sagemind:

A movie I've always meant to see but never had the chance...


Same here. To the TorrentMobile!

>> ^Sagemind:

A movie I've always meant to see but never had the chance...


Ditto!

You should. I love this movie!>> ^Sagemind:

A movie I've always meant to see but never had the chance...

>> ^messenger:

So... Alien 4. Big deal. Acting was horrible.


Resurrection was especially disappointing because it was a screenplay written by Joss Whedon and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It was supposed to restore our faith in the franchise. Amelie and Firefly made up for it and more, but I still wake up in the middle of the night sobbing.

So how many people do you think will say "hey, that's the music from Amelie" (or Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)?

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If you like the films of this director please note that he has worked with many of the same people in his career (editor, production art designer, writer, actors, etc.) From Delicatessen to Micmacs you have that same style because of that. When City of Lost Children came out he wasn't even described as "the director" it was more about the team that also made Delicatessen and then they went on to make Amelie, etc. Alien 4 and A Very Long Engagement shares the least number of the team and also feel different from the other films so Just thought I would point that out.

-Karl

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>> ^legacy0100:

I still haven't seen the movie. I should!


People like you make me sick!

>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

>> ^geo321:
Amelie is one of my most favorite movies ever. I feel like watching it again after this clip.

Twas a good flick. I like A Very Long Engagement more though. Even though it is a Very Long Movie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is an awesome director, imo...


I loved Amelie... maybe I suppose I'll add that one to Netflix....