{"product_id":"the-city-of-lost-children-la-cite-des-enfants-perdus-original-japanese-vantan-promotional-poster-1996-ultra-rare-b1-size-73-103-cm-gallery","title":"“The City of Lost Children” (La Cité des Enfants Perdus), Original Japanese Vantan Promotional Poster 1996, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) - Gallery","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eultra-rare original Japanese B1 promotional poster produced in 1996 for Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe City of Lost Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, featuring a distinctive promotional association with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVantan Dennoh Intelligence College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis unusual design is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincredibly difficult to find\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, particularly in this impressive large format. Measuring approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e72.8 × 103 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the B1 provides \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwice the surface area of a standard Japanese B2 poster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, giving its intricate, surreal composition exceptional display presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilm background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDelicatessen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Jeunet and Caro created an elaborate dark fairy tale set around a decaying harbour and an isolated laboratory. A scientist unable to dream kidnaps children to steal their dreams, while a strongman named \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne, played by Ron Perlman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, joins the resourceful young \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiette, played by Judith Vittet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, on a rescue mission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe film combines grotesque humour, childhood vulnerability, and fantastical machinery within a meticulously constructed world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarius Khondji’s cinematography, Jean-Paul Gaultier’s costumes, and Angelo Badalamenti’s score\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e contribute to its distinctive atmosphere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelected as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eopening film of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it reached Japanese cinemas in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and remains a landmark collaboration between two of French cinema’s most imaginative visual storytellers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVantan promotional context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lower-left branding identifies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVantan Dennoh Intelligence College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a Japanese school training digital media creators, beneath the heading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“digital entertainment.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe accompanying Japanese copy explains that computer graphics had become an integral component of filmmaking alongside music and costume, and states Vantan’s support for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe City of Lost Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a film bringing these elements together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis gives the poster a particularly interesting identity: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea film promotion connected to Japan’s emerging digital creative culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with the school’s message incorporated into an expansive, image-led design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoster design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dense, kaleidoscopic photomontage combines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeep crimson, copper, turquoise, and pools of brilliant white light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMirrored figures wearing elaborate optical headsets frame the upper composition. At its centre, a child’s face appears beneath a nightmarish gathering of Santa Claus figures, transforming familiar childhood imagery into something unsettling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelow, children carrying torches emerge from the darkness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRon Perlman’s portrait\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e anchors the lower edge, beside an enlarged flea fitted with an injection apparatus—one of the film’s characteristic combinations of the organic and mechanical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original French title stretches across the top in pale lettering, accompanied by fine intersecting lines and small coloured squares. 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