Its not secret that Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of my favorite filmmakers alive today. This french director consistently releases intelligent, visually appealing, and magical movies. Starting with the international success of DELICATESSEN (1991), a post-apocalyptic Sweeney Todd, Jeunet made the great CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, a steampunk, avante garde fantasy starring Ron Perlman, which is one of my favorite films. Then Jeunet had a short foray in Hollywood with the critical failure of Alien Resurrection, not so good but definitely delivering on the visual style. Jeunet then took a few years off and blasted back on the scene with AMELIE (2001) which was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Foreign language film and Best Writing. Following was the visually striking World War One drama A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2004), and then most recently MICMACS (2010), which I have regretfully have not seen yet since I live in the worst area for foreign film releases (almost none).
FOUTAISES is a short film created by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 1989. It features a man played by Dominique Pinon (CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, DELICATESSEN, and MICMACS) who is just mentioning things that he likes as well as things he dislikes. This simple premise is accompanied by incredible visuals (a lot of stock footage) and the striking visual style that has come to be expected of Jeunet throughout his career. Also, as a quick side note, Marc Caro (a frequent Jeunet collaborator and co-director) worked on FOUTAISES on the sound.
Watch this visually fascinating short film here, and then keep a look out for MICMACS when it comes out on DVD.
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