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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>DVD Review <font size="4"><br><i>The Cars That Ate Paris</i></font> <br>by Derek Hill</font> <p>Although <i>The Cars That Ate Paris</i> lacked the enigmatic gossamer style of director Peter Weir's later work, such as <i>Picnic at Hanging Rock</i> and <i>The Last Wave</i>, this suspenseful black comedy is hardly your run-of-the-mill genre offering. Much like L. Q. Jones' similar, apocalyptic American nightmare <i>A Boy and His Dog</i>, released the same year, <i>The Cars That Ate Paris</i> wears its genre influences on its sleeves and then totally dismantles them, reconfiguring the cliches of whatever style it's spoofing into something far stranger. </body>