ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Vonia
Paris, je t'aime (English: Paris, I love you) (2006)
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant
Watched: 2005 & 8/1/18
Rating: 7/10 Watch
Eighteen
Love stories:
La Ville Lumière!
Bookended by nifty live mosaic,
Stunning city shots- patent in segues.
Directors from
All over
The world,
With
A cast
Both practiced
And new talent.
Best bits by Chomet, Coixet, Cuarón, Twyker, Schmitz.
Mime, "terminal", mother, actress, nurse love,
Respectively.
These were grand.
The rest?
Meh. Tetractys poems stem from the mathematician Euclid, who considered the number series 1, 2, 3, 4 to have a mystical significance because of its sum of 10. He named it a Tetractys. Thus, these poems follow a 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllable format, with additional verses written in an inverted syllable count.
#Tetractys #QuadrupleTetractys #PoemReview #Anthology #RomanticComedy
SnoopyStyle
There are eighteen shorts connected by visuals of the city. It comes off as a rambling series of stories. It's more connected by feel more than by story. It's very much a hit and miss concept. It doesn't go completely miss but it rarely hits big. The best is the Coens with Steve Buscemi getting beaten up. It's funny and contained. There are other interesting bits like the mimes. One does get a sense of a nice multicultural city and love is often the subject matter. I certainly would like every short to stand on its own and be award-winning in its own right. It's not and I start to get tired after awhile. It feels a bit repetitive to start anew every five or six minutes. The concept has a problem with flow and maintaining intensity.
Red_Identity
I loved this! Sure, not all of them are all that great, but none really stand out in a negative way, and the ones that work do so like pure magic. I like how they weren't given one theme or topic to focus on (aside from the obvious city) and instead many of them branch out and do some unexpected, delightful things. I'm surprised this didn't get more awards traction, looking at it now. I'd say many of them stand out, like the paramedic/dying guitarist, and the blind guy/actress ones. Others are shorter but still make a big impact. I definitely thought this was better than expected, and highly recommend it for anyone really
Spaceygirl
One of the most inventive pieces of film-making you'll ever see. Spanning some 120 minutes of celluloid, over 18 directors and goodness knows how many actors, it shows nearly 20 vignettes of Parisian life ranging between three and twenty minutes in length. Starring such luminaries as Steve Buscemi, Bob Hoskins, Rufus Sewell, Emily Mortimer, Marianne Faithful, Elijah Wood, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Natalie Portman and the always luminous Fanny Ardant it is always interesting. The cinematography is stunning, taking in the city of light in all it's glory. Some segments work better than others. Wes Craven directs a sweet little ghost-story with none other than Rufus Sewell and Emily Mortimer, who work well together. A well directed, well acted segment involves immigrants from Lagos, another the always good Fanny Ardant and Bob Hoskins play off each other in La Pigalle, a rather risqué area of Paris. Some don't work nearly as well, Elijah Wood as a vampire in a silent segment is criminally underused while Natalie Portman does her usual over-rated over-acting in a boring little piece that I can thankfully skip next time I watch. My personal favourite (predictably) is the contribution by the Coen brothers, who employ the marvelous Steve Buscemi in 'Tuileries'. Mr Buscemi manages to make one laugh without even saying a word. Brilliant stuff! Some-one give the man an Oscar already! "Paris J'Taime" is highly recommended for film and Paris buffs alike.
