"The City of Lost Children" Discussion: Watch it at Home First

In "The City of Lost Children" (1995, 112 min.), French filmmakers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet create an especially dark but somewhat cartoony fairy-tale world that is too disturbing for most kids. It's a style that was revolutionary in the 1990s but might seem more familiar in this world of comic-book movies.

Watch "The City of Lost Children" on your own and come ready to chat about it. As of this writing, it doesn't look to be free anywhere but you can rent it: One Cut of the Dead streaming: where to watch online?. If it proves to be available nowhere, we will figure something out and keep you posted.

We'll meet at Pryes Brewing, which has lots of space and isn't very noisy. It's near downtown Minneapolis but has plenty of parking. I'll get there around 6:30 p.m. and try to claim a table on the opposite side of the bar. Get a drink and then head to the other end of the building, to one of the long tables near the risers. It's quietest there and there will hopefully be a long table free (though we might have to move around at least once to find enough space). You'll be able to identify me by my black baseball cap that says "Weird Movie Club" on it. I'll post in this event listing if we end up somewhere else in the building.

And feel free to sitemail me to recommend another movie for a future meeting. You can go by the official list from the website 366 Weird Movies (366 Weird Movies + Apocrypha: streaming info last updated 5/24/21 - Google Sheets) or suggest something else.