Ron Perlman attending the 1995 Cannes
Film Festival
to promote "The
City of Lost Children."
Face in the crowd: Ron and his wife, Opal, attending the opening night party.
Ron with fellow cast members, Daniel Emilfork, Dominique Pinon, and Jean-Claude Dreyfuss
Ron's opinion of "The City of Lost Children,"
given during an interview with MTV at Cannes.
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"It's strictly some sort of nightmarish extension of the imagination, culminated by this sort of gothic love story, which is not sexual because it's between a ten year old girl and a grown man, but equally powerful."
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"Although it deals with frightening concepts, there's a distancing that takes place that allows you to feel like you're in safe hands. This is a world, but it's not our world. But it's a world that, if we're not careful, could exist."