8 response about Finite Focus: Synchronized Sex Scene (Delicatessen) »

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   Back when I was in Classics at Brock University and I was president of the Archaeology Society we would have movie afternoons. We’d take over the lounge and show movies. The movies ranged from Conan the Barbarian, Caligula, Pink Floyd: The Wall (okay we missed that one because we ended up in the pub all afternoon) and Delicatessen. No one knew what they were getting into but everyone really enjoyed the movie. I’ve been a fan of Jeunet ever since then. You are right though, the most memorable part of Delicatessen is the sex scene, so interesting in fact that he creates a very similar scene in Amelie.

   Comment by John Allison — February 27, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
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   Good lord, I love this movie. I wish Dominique Pinon was in every single movie ever made.

   Comment by Jonathan — February 27, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
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   This is one of the few Jeunet movies I didnt quite care for. Not horrible, would definitely give it another try. But as Kurt mentioned, this scene in particular stands in my head for sure.

   Comment by Andrew James — February 27, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
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   When you look at the above, you see just how good Jeunet is at putting a scene together. He succeeds time and again, in this film, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, etc. It’s a damn shame his only ‘American’ project thus far was Alien 4, also his worst (and I’m guessing it wasn’t all his fault how useless that movie was…Alien 4 had ’studio project’ written all over it).

   Comment by Dave Becker — March 1, 2008 @ 3:52 am
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   alien4 was some squandering of a lot of talent. Jeunet, Joss Whedon was one of the screenwriters, of course the pair of Jeunet stable actors, Dominic Pinon and Ron Perlman, as well as a host of other great character actors, dan hedaya, brad dourif and Leland Orser. It’s too bad that things just never came together. It was too much like a comic book, it lacked any sort of weight or gravitas that the other three directors brought to the table, making it just a bauble and a bauble that was spoiled by the ridiculousness of the ending.

   Comment by Kurt — March 1, 2008 @ 10:30 am
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   You know how I feel about this. Alien 4 is my favorite in the franchise (not the BEST, just my favorite). I don’t hinkit’s a poor film at all and Jeunet’s art direction/cinematography department turned out one of the best looking of the Alien movies.

   And I don’t think it’s a bad film despite all those character actors in there, it’s a good film partially because all those actors are in there. Love me that movie.

   Now, Alien3 on the other hand…. **shiver.**

   Comment by Andrew James — March 1, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
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   Andrew, wish I could agree, especially being a HUGE fan of Jeunet… but Alien: Resurrection was so bad!! I know we’ve talked about this before and I blame it on a) the Joss Whedon script and dialogue (I was nearly assassinated for this comment) and b) the studio mucking around with it. And the story itself was just stupid (much like the story of Alien 3).

   Visually, it’s probably the most stunning and interesting of all four of the movies though. I don’t blame Jeunet for the train wreck the movie was, much like I don’t blame Fincher for Alien 3. They could only work with what they had.

   And that behind-the-back half-court basketball shot is just ridiculous!!!!!

   Comment by Jonathan — March 1, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
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   Funny how this subject keeps coming up. I think that Fincher’s is dark an existential. I think that Jeunet is light and bubblegum. The both look good. All the Alien movies have thrived in the art-direction/cinematography dept.

   Comment by Kurt — March 1, 2008 @ 2:03 pm

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