In The City of Lost Children (1995). "The Cyclops Sect 1 is a cult of blind cyborgs. They aduct small children for the mad scientist Krank using mechanical "Third Eyes" to see and hear."
The City of Lost Children: A Surreal French Fairy Tale for the Ages
1 "The Mechanical Eye: Cult members ritualistically sacrifice or shun their natural organic sight. They replace it with a single, bulky electronic video-camera lens worn over one eye (providing them with a distinct green-tinted point of view)."
The screenshot is from The City of Lost Children
Here is another screenshot from "The City of Lost Children" and another inspirational screenshot. The trailer looks like another neat project for sometime in the future. Will I use wood or plastic? And what scale shall I build it in; HO or O gauge? I will have to make some drawings and add some diminsions. The whole scene would make a nice diorama.
Krank is all juiced up after samplying the dreams of a child.
Screenshot from The City of Lost Children.
I was looking through the extras on my The City of Lost Children disk the other day I came across a collection of production sketches. I found this one especially inspirational for a future project. I could use wood for construction or perhaps stone ends and asphalt shingles for the sides for larger shack and clapboards for the sides of the smaller building.
Screenshot from extras on The City of Lost Children disk.
"Who stole the child's dreams? Krank, in his evil schemes. But the happy tale had a sting in it's tail. The genius has a fit of pique, hear the genius shriek, the "genius" is up a creek."
L'oncle Irvin (Irvin's brain is in the fish tank)
Krank
Screenshots and quote from the City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children is full with quirky and eccentric characters. A mad doctor, a geniuses brain in a fish tank, a circus strong man, a troop of wayward children, a sect of blindmen, 7 clones, little-people, a junky with his flies that go around with micro-sized hypodermics hyperdermics, and a set of indentical twin witches that are cojoined at the foot.
I am not sure there is a plot, but the film is a madcap romp through the lens of the camera. The film is a videographer playground with so many rich shots that exude color and texture. The vidographers approuch reminds me of my days shooting with a lomo camera..
“- Krank: Irvin, you know all about feelings. Won't you try to help me? Won't you explain why all those children only have nightmares?
- L'oncle Irvin: Because you are their nightmare. You could persecute all the children in the world, but there's one thing you'll never have.
- Krank: What?
- L'oncle Irvin: A soul.”.
Screenshots and quotes are from The City of Lost Children.
