Movie #102........................."Paris, Je T'aime"

Movie #102 "Paris Je T'aime" is very creative --- in only about 110 minutes it strings together 18 short films (about 5 minutes each) representing some of the best actors and directors in the business of making films. Of course, with that many, a viewer would like some over others, but on the whole I liked most of them ------ The Alexander Payne one was my favorite because it felt most real to me (it was a photojournal of a woman about my age visiting Paris alone and discovering a lot about herself); I found Juliet Binoche's heartbreaking, Natalie Portman's surprising, Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands with Depardieu as the waiter very poignant, others sad, others scary, others just odd (like the two mimes with the odd kid), but most of them very endearing and worth watching. I recommend this, esp. to see the sights of Paris. I so much want to go see this city some day!





Average rating: 3.72
I give it 4 stars
Paris, Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
(2006) R
Paris comes to life in this whimsical patchwork of 18 five-minute shorts united by a common theme -- love in the City of Lights -- and helmed by an international cast of filmmakers, including Gus Van Sant, Olivier Assayas and Alexander Payne. Natalie Portman plays an American actress who captures the heart of a blind student; Juliette Binoche is visited by a ghostly Willem Dafoe; Bob Hoskins solicits a prostitute's advice on pleasing his wife.