Delicatessen details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Jean-Francois Perrier, Howard Vernon, Dominique Pinon, Chick Ortega, Karin Viard, Silvie Laguna, Ticky Holgado, Jacques Mathou, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Anne Marie Pisan, Chick, Rufus, Marie-Laure Dougnac |
| Directors: | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro |
| Genres: | Comedy - General, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Collections: | Award Winners, Decades: 90s, Food Lovers' Films, LOVEFiLM Staff Picks, Oscar Winners, The Classic Collection, Top French Films |
| Name | Discs | |
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Delicatessen |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 15 Apr 2002 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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A flawless, surreal, comic, romantic vision
By a customer from London , 04 Dec 2003[Highly rated reviewer]
Perfect in conception and realisation, Delicatessen is a window into a darkly comic and orthogonal world.
There is little in this film that you would ever dream of yourself, yet everything is familiar.
When the man in the half submerged cellar; sitting in a sodden airmchair, crawling with snails, wearing glases with bulbouse white ping-pong ball halves as lenses, raises his arm - as the circular buzzing of a fat fly comes close - you know it will be holding a curled party whistle, which he blows to catch the fly - completing the scene.
Scenes like these are not the focus of the movie, they are part of the otherworldly palette necessary to create this whimsical and surreal romance.
In the words of the previuous reviewer, 'your life needs this film' !- Was this review helpful to you?
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(194)Must have been fun to make
By guytheeye (2 reviews) , 04 Feb 2013I watched this years ago in the cinema, and didn't get it. I watched again and still don't get it. Is this really one of the best films of 1991?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Amazing, especially for fans of Terry Gilliam.
By Shinko (25 reviews) from South Wales , 19 Nov 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
What a film this is!
Not being an avid Jean-Pierre Jeunet fan, mostly due to his Alien Resurrection farce, I can't say I looked forward to this with much enthusiasm...
...but the film is both funny and disturbing in equal measures, and both the humour and sense of doom which seems inescapable in this film work off each other so well. The Director of Photography, Darius Khondji (who was also the DOP on Se7en) has worked his usual magic again here - the look and feel of the film is both dark and magical, and compliments the themes and characters brilliantly.
Delicatessen is certainly a film that will be enjoyed by fans of Terry Gilliam - both the aesthetics and the story are very Gillian-esque, but that said, this is still a highly original and rewarding 95 minutes of cinema.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Quirky and Original
By a customer , 29 Sep 2012A must-see film. Quite unusual and not for all tastes, but definitely it has a certain je ne sais que? And loved it for it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Clever, and Don't They Know It.
By Cato (703 reviews) from Lydbury North , 22 Aug 2012It's a good job I don't have to watch more films like this one. It was absolutely mad in that frenetic way I've seen before with French films. It's clever but I'm afraid for me it's bordering on the tedious and not all that funny. Although they probably think it is.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Engaging and dark
By stain (3 reviews) , 05 Jul 2012A strange film but oddly enjoyable. A dark drama that you can't help but watch and you root for the the daughter- Was this review helpful to you?
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