The cars that devoured Paris
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German title | The cars that devoured Paris |
Original title | The Cars That Ate Paris |
Country of production | Australia |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1974 |
length | 91 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Peter Weir |
script | Peter Weir |
production | Hal McEmroy |
music | Bruce Smeaton |
camera | John McLean |
cut | Wayne LeClos |
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The cars Paris devoured (TV title: The Killer cars of Paris , Original title: The Cars That Ate Paris ) is an Australian horror film from the year 1974 . Directed by Peter Weir .
content
The film is set in the fictional Australian village of Paris in New South Wales . The residents of this village involve visitors in car accidents in order to rob them. The survivors of the accidents are taken to hospitals and subjected to a lobotomy . In the village, young men convert the wrecked cars into bizarre vehicles with which they tyrannize the older residents of the village. Arthur Waldo and his older brother George come to the village. An accident occurs in the course of which George is killed. Arthur is initially welcomed in the village, but soon notices that things are not going well there. When Arthur is about to leave the village, they tell Arthur that he has suffered irreparable brain damage that makes it impossible for him to work anywhere else. The film ends in a wild race of the converted vehicles, which ultimately degenerates into a fight between the residents.
criticism
"Softly macabre horror comedy about the destruction of a civilization, whose apparent order and idyll can only with difficulty hide the breaks and cracks under the surface."
Web links
- The cars Paris devoured in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Detailed table of contents
Individual evidence
- ↑ release certificate for the cars that got eaten Paris . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2008 (PDF; test number: 113 215 V / DVD / UMD).
- ↑ a b description. on cinema.arte.tv.
- ↑ The cars that devoured Paris. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 9, 2017 .