The Cars That Ate Paris

1974

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 65% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 35% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 4675 4.7K

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Plot summary

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

Director

Top cast

John Meillon as Mayor
Max Phipps as Rev. Mulray
Peter Armstrong as Gorman
Bruce Spence as Charlie
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805.18 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.46 GB
1918*816
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Coventry 7 / 10

Carmageddon, Aussie-style!

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Reviewed by goldgreen 7 / 10

Punk cinema

Peter Weir must have been an angry young man as his first film makes fun of every level of society. The corrupt, bumptious, mayor of the two-bit New South Wales town is the obvious fall guy, but no single character escapes Weir's wrath. You might expect the wild, local youths with their vitality to provide the film's conscience, but they are ultimately portrayed as dumb, reactionary yokels whose demise is mocked. Tellingly the film's key line, 'I can drive', is used to belittle the death of the gang member we get to know best. However, Weir goes too far by mocking the audience. Our hero is a pathetic emotional wreck who barely speaks, while many scenes are dragged out with ponderous monologues and plodding development, as if Weir is saying 'you've consumed this sort of rubbish before, now I am going to serve it up to you in a dark satire. Can you tell the difference?'. The Cars That Ate Paris is best watched with the fast forward in your hand, but do not skip the brilliant finale in which the sordid little town gets its just desserts.

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