Paris Je T'aime

     Paris Je T'aime is a series of short films. Most of them weere short stories about love. There were a few that seemed liked they were not, though. There was one scene about a woman who cared for babies and she sang lullabies to them, and then the scene ended. I really did not understand how that was a love story. One of the other ones that was a love story, and it was about these mimes that met in a jail and got married and had a child together. It was a really cute scene. I found that some of the scenes were really kind of strange as well, like there was one that had a bunch of crazy chinese people.

     Another thing about the film that I thought was interesting was how it was set in each different quarter of Paris. This was so interesting because it really tells you alot about the atmosphere of each area. I think that there are parts of Paris that remind me of parts of places here. Like the fact that there are parts that are nicer than other parts, there are the parts with drugs and violence and criminals, and then there are parts where none of that would even happen at all. I really learned alot more about Pariis when watching this movie. The bottom line of this movie is that love is different for everyone.

The scene pictured above, which was filmed in Quartier des Enfants Rouges, was one of my favorites. It starred Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The above two pictures are from the mime scene. The little boy starts it off anwering questions about his parents, who were mimes that met in jail. This was there son.

The movie was combined from short films that were filmed by 22 different directors. Here they are:

Bruno Podalydès ("Montmartre")

Gurinder Chadha ("Quais de Seine")
Gus Van Sant("Le Marais")
Ethan and Joel Coen ("Tuileries")Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas ("Loin du 16e")Christopher Doyle("Porte de Choisy")Isabel Coixet ("Bastille")Nobuhiro Suwa ("Place des Victoires")Sylvain Chomet ("Tour Eiffel")Alfonso Cuarón("Parc Monceau")
Olivier Assayas and Emmanuel Benbihy ("Quartier des Enfants Rouges")
Wes Craven("Pére-Lachaise")Oliver Schmitz ("Place des Fetes")
Richard LaGravenese ("Pigalle")Vincenzo Natali ("Quartier de la Madeleine")Tom Tykwer("Faubourg Saint-Denis")Gérard Depardieu and Frédéric Auburtin ("Quartier Latin")Alexander Payne ("14e arrondissement")

1. What do you think that this film shows about French culture? Be specific!

     I think that this movie shows alot about French culture. First of all, I think that this shows that Paris can be very diverse culturally in all the different areas. They each have completelyh different atmospheres. I also think that it shows how people act in Paris. It really shows that it is not all like the stereotypes, it is very different, even though some stereotypes seem true.

2. Did you like this film? Why or why not?

     I loved this movie so much! It was fantastic! My favorite scene was "Quartier Latin". It was about a man and woman who were finalizing there divorce. They both seemed pretty happy about it considering they both had found other people, and they talked to eachother in a very lighthearted way, wishing eachother alot of happiness. Well there were many other scenes that I enjoyed but this was one of  my favorites. I enjoyed this movie so much because of the humor and romance.

3. Was this film aesthetically beautiful?

     I think that this film was very beautiful,. The scenes that feature the sky line of Paris were beautiful. I loved the way that some of the scenes were filmed such as Les Marais which was filmed inside of what looked kind of like a warehouse. It was filmed verry well and it was enjoyable to watch. I liked how they also showed both character's point of veiw when they were filming.

4. How does the film compare to an American film of a similar genre? How it is different?

     This film reminds me of Valentines Day. I think that it is similar because of how it shows the different situations of different relationships. The upcoming film New Years Eve also looks like it could be similar to it aswell because of the style of the way it is put together. I think that this film is also similar to this one because of the endings where the people all know eachother somehow even though in the film it is only a few people that know eachother. They show it as one big Paris.




Paris, Je t'aime Quartier Des Enfants Rouges by ryoanji