Zazie dans le Métro is a 1960 French film directed by Louis Malle based on the book by Raymond Queneau. Surreal? Dada? Looney Tunes? Monty-Python? The Muppets? How do you describe this film? And how on earth did this come from a novel to begin with? And what kind of crazy person thought they could film this unfilmable bewildering masterpiece?
This movie is stock full of strange moments and plays like a film directed by a circus ringmaster. This hot potato is overloaded with a barrage of quick cuts, gags, film magic, and oddities that will have your head spinning - hopefully in a pleasing way.
Zazie just wants to ride on the metro, but if the adult world won't let her do that she'll cut through all the bullshit and find her own adventures. Come dissect this weird film with us as we take a look at the meaning behind the madness, or lack thereof.
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