oh this one nearly slipped through our fingers, didn't it

When playing around the Internets recently I noticed the Somerville was playing an odd-sounding film named Micmacs. And then I discovered that this film was the latest film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, one-half of the creative team that gave us Delicatessen and City of Lost Children as well as the fellow who also gave us Amélie. All three are wonderful exercises in French surreal fantasy, balancing dark and disturbing with whimsical and charming. Sure, the ratios change from film to film, but the underlying style is the same, and that's why I love those movies.

So how could the latest Jeunet film nearly up and pass me by? Was I not reading the right bits of film news? Guess not! Well well, little film. You're not getting away from me that easily. I'm going to buy a ticket, yes I am, and then I am going to watch you. ( See if I don't! )