Anyone seen Micmacs? One of my favourite French films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPEX_RXRKgw I've trouble persuading even some of my more film buff friends to watch this. It's hilarious. If you like steam punk and Terry Gilliam then you'll love this film.
Loved it! But I kept comparing it to Amelie & City of Lost Children which I liked a little better. I need to give Micmacs another spin
-La Grande Illusion -Pickpocket -Series Noire -The Sign of the Leo -Le Trou -A Man Escaped -Le Chat -Le Jour Se Leve -Mr. Klein -La Vie De Boheme -Purple Moon
Great list from what I've seen! I just watched A Man Escaped and was blown away. Just like Bresson's other film Pickpocket, it builds thick suspense by focusing on tiny details & inanimate objects. Notice how we never see a Nazi's face, instead we hear their footsteps or keys rattling as Fontaine is chipping away at a door frame. It amplifies the suspense without any big theatrics. Another thing that's weird but very effective: he tells us the ending up front (I mean, it's in the title of the movie ), so that shifts the focus away from whether he escapes and instead we get sucked into the story of how he escapes. Brilliant stuff. A Man Escaped & Pickpocket are the only 2 Bresson films I've seen but I'm suddenly a huge fan.