Review of Delicatessen (1991) by Ryan H — 14 Nov 2010
Imaginative. I love the way the innocence is combined with the dark material. Jeunet seems like a French Terry Gilliam. The set up to the film is great, seeing the character of the butcher being his true self so the audience gets a hint of what's happening right away.
The woman trying to kill herself in the odd ways was definitely my favorite part of the movie. The only problem I had was that some things just seemed random, even though they never feel out of place.
Like the guy in the basement who is self sustaining with the frogs and snails. Perhaps he is used to show how they are able to use the water to leave the bathroom? I also found the musical scenes adorable.
The way they incorporated the musical saw with her playing the cello was genius. I had never seen a musical saw before this movie. I really liked how they have an entire sex scene dedicated to musical instruments so that later you start to question what is a sex scene and what is literally music playing.
They set up everything in the movie so delicately. Another great example is how The Australian always obeys it's master. Excellent film that makes me excited to see all of Jeunet and Caro's films.
This review of Delicatessen (1991) was written by Ryan H on 14 Nov 2010.
Delicatessen has generally received very positive reviews.
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