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The episode reviews the 1995 dark fantasy film The City of Lost Children and discusses its influence on video games.

On this episode we look back at 1995's dark fantasy film The City of Lost Children starring Ron Perlman. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-city-of-lost-children--72641406 We also discuss recent movies #mastersoftheuniverse #disclosureday and #thefurious An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, 1995's The City of Lost Children was the second film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Their previous film Delicatessen, released in 1991, was described as a zany post-apocalyptic black comedy in the style of Terry Gilliam. Based on the success of both Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children, Jeunet would go on to direct 1997's Alien Resurrection and 2001's award winning romantic comedy Amelie. The City of Lost Children not only got its own Playstation game, but would also become a huge inspiration for both the Fallout and Bioshock video game franchises. Fallout designer Tim Cain listed the film among the cinematic influences on the game's art direction, and later said that elements of Fallout's power armor and technology aesthetic drew from the film's helmet eyepieces, tubing, and vents. This movie is also inspired the visual design of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Wes Thompson, Rett York

Topics covered

• film review
• dark fantasy
• 1990s cinema
• video game influences
• international co-production

Keywords

• The City of Lost Children
• Ron Perlman
• Marc Caro
• Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• video game design
• Fallout
• Bioshock
• 1995 film
• dark fantasy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: France, Germany, Spain

Products: Playstation

Books & works: The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Alien Resurrection, Amelie, Fallout, Bioshock

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