La concepción de la ciudad en la obra de Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Abstract

This research goes deeply into the town’s treatment given by Jeunet all through his work. Despite the latent similarities found in all his films, it’s possible to split them into two main groups: those which belong to his first phase, such as Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children, and present inexistent and futuristic cities, becoming imaginary; in contrast to those which belong to his second phase, such as Amélie and A Very Long Engagement, both set in a dreamy Paris, showing Jeunet’s hallmark. Definitely, this piece of comparative work displays the imaginary spectrum of Jeunet, from his most unreal city, The City of Lost Children, as much imagined as invented, to his harshest and realistic pole, A Very Long Engagement. So, it’s accurate to confirm the increasing trend by Jeunet to realism or the portrait.