The City of Lost Children
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It holds an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews.[1] The film has been classified as an example of the steampunk genre.[2] Released in 1995, the fantasy film The City of Lost Children had Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet as its directors, with Ron Perlman in a starring role.[3]
Making and release
The film was an international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain.[3] The film grossed $7 million in France, $1 million in Spain, and $600,000 in Germany.[4] Angelo Badalamenti created the film's musical score, while Jean Paul Gaultier handled the costume design.[5] The 1995 Cannes Film Festival included this movie in its official selection.[5]
When combining earnings from the UK, Australia, and other territories, the worldwide gross exceeded $11 million.[4] Stylistically, this film connects to Jeunet's earlier work Delicatessen (1991) and his later film Amélie (2001).[3]
What the cited sources add
Designer Tim Cain listed the film among the cinematic influences on the art direction of the original Fallout.[6] Cain noted that "the whole look of tech in City of Lost Children was very inspirational to a lot of our artists"[7] A 2012 GDC talk by Cain also listed the film as an influence on Fallout's art.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus) (1995)", Rotten Tomatoes; "The City of Lost Children Reviews", Metacritic; Ebert, "City Of Lost Children movie review (1995)", Chicago Sun-Times, 15 December 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Speculative Nostalgias: Metafiction, Science Fiction and the Putative Death of the Novel", Stanford University, p. 169 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holden, Stephen, "FILM REVIEW; Out of the Fever Dreams of a Child", The New York Times, December 15, 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Grosses of selected non-English language films by territory", 16 February 1996, p. 16; ; "Top 10 foreign-language films in the UK 1995", 26 January 1996, p. 33; "Grosses of selected non-English language films by territory", 16 February 1996, p. 16 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holden, Stephen, "FILM REVIEW; Out of the Fever Dreams of a Child", The New York Times, December 15, 1995; "Metropolis", ngv.vic.gov.au; "Festival de Cannes: The City of Lost Children", festival-cannes.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The City of Lost Children" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Strickland, "Tim Cain reveals the books, films, games & real-life influences that inspired the first Fallout", TweakTown, 9 June 2023; Kunzelman, "Tim Cain's GDC 2012 Talk: Fallout", this cage is worms, 9 April 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Strickland, "Tim Cain reveals the books, films, games & real-life influences that inspired the first Fallout", TweakTown, 9 June 2023. facts only, no text reused. tweaktown.com
- Kunzelman, "Tim Cain's GDC 2012 Talk: Fallout", this cage is worms, 9 April 2012. facts only, no text reused. thiscageisworms.com
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