Paris, je t'aime: A movie review. "It's the pictures that got small."
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-21 08:06:57
long ago and not only being intrigued by the city of Paris as a character in each of those short films but falling in love with the cinema as well.
Here are my short reviews of this collection of bunco films: We are working on a go/FAIL system here.
: Probably the beat storytelling in the collection. This is how a short film should play out. All the action takes place in 5 minutes and young people fall in love. It also showed us the neighborhood in Paris of the title. PASS
: This REALLY sucked typical Coen Brothers. Add Paris to the things they must hate. Above them are the gardens Marie Antoinette once frolicked in. They choose to go into the subway and make a despicable little film full of dislike which they translate as cool. disappoint
is done right here. Juliette Binoche is awesome in this short breathtaking. This might be my favorite. There is more packed in this short film than most feature length movies. And it does deal with death well grief and it does it in 5 minutes! And you get to see the neighborhood. PASS
: A strange little enter. Cute. I'm not saying anything bad about Fanny Ardant. PASSQuartier de la Madeleine: Okay. I guess. Frodo vs Vampires. A lot of these movies are shot at night and you don't get to see Paris. PASS
: What are these two ancient people talking about? Fucking? Are they lying to each other? This is hard to check... Both of these great actors are too old to be talking about sex with 20-somethings. The Latin Quarter is outside! FAIL
: Very nice. She loves Paris! Finally. And we see someone enjoying seeing Paris. go
Overall.. disappointing as a group. Where was Paris? Where was the like of Paris. Most of these directors seem to be afraid of or incapable of shooting the city of Paris as a character in their movie.
I anticipate film making is another one of those things that won't survive deep into the the 21st century. I'm not sure yet what ordain replace it but concepts desire the
Film replaced the novel last century as the displace where we exchanged ideas and interactive entertainment will regenerate the film this century.. just a guess. But we lose something without the internal voice of the novelist that perspective and we will suffer something more with the instant gratification and celebrity marketing of our entertainment. The pictures just keep getting smaller and smaller.
I almost picked it up at the videp store this weekend and then opted for "We Are Marshall" instead. It was kind of disappointing as well. Thanks for.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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