Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The duo had previously made several award-winning animated shorts together, and continued in the same vein for their features. Both films were live-action 'cartoons', with disturbingly quirky, hermetic universes that were simultaneously retro and futuristic, dictated by a delirious logic and captured by a fish-eye lens and MTV aestheticโฆ They created a distinctive brand of Grand Guignol fairy tales, graced by Jacques Tati-esque inventiveness and populated by a company of Federico Felliniesque grotesques.
They often depict unconventional characters navigating a world that blends the mundane with the fantastic. His approach to filmmaking revolves around weaving intricate narratives filled with offbeat humour and charming details. Similarly, Delicatessen presents a post-apocalyptic world with its uniquely humorous and eccentric lens.
Spivet The singularity of Jeunet's worldview jars against the dictates of a studio, as was highlighted when he took on Alien: Resurrection , the fourth film in the popular and successful franchise.
A few Jeunet-like touches notwithstanding, it remains his least characteristic work. It doesn't always work, but it's a good start.
Selected Filmography.
