warm and deep

Jedidiah 2022-04-20 09:01:57

"Paris, I love you". 20 5-minute short stories by 20 directors were originally planned to explain 20 kinds of love in Paris in 20 blocks; at the end, it was discovered that there were only 19 directors and 18 stories. Like "Ten Minutes of Ageing", it is the opening reflection film of the anniversary of the film festival. It has the same broad and far-reaching theme, but the form and tone are completely opposite. Maybe time itself means that it needs to be heavy as a foil; and love needs warmth and sadness to show its depth. "Paris, I Love You", from street encounters to same-sex love, from mothers who lost their children revive to fathers in a foreign land caring for their daughters, from pagan tolerance to the harshness of dimensional culture, from clowns' misery to The old man's search for flowers and willows, from Wilde's teachings to the first embrace of vampires, from the reunion of young lovers to the divorce dinner of old couples... At the end, a footnote of life is given from the perspective of a stranger traveling to Paris - perhaps life itself Means love - life is sad because I realize, I am alive.
I really like the second and third paragraphs. Young people of different religions on the Seine are attracted to each other, and the words of an old Muslim are more like an oracle of Allah (or God) for love. The other takes place in Saint-Denis, where Natalie Portman plays a young actor in love with a blind man. A lot of quick mirrors are used to express the tediousness and repetition of life, and the setting of the telephone and the language of the blind form a sharp contrast with the complicated life. Very helpless but warm love.
There are often a lot of philosophical sermons and metaphysical speeches in "Ten Minutes of Ageing", and some fragments do not even have a core plot, which can only make people who love philosophy feast on; and "Paris, I Love You" is not boring at all The clip is more like a collection of popular short films, even if its nature determines that it can only have the identity of a niche film. To me, it's like two metaphysical selves, rational and emotional, with no preference. For friends, perhaps the latter is easier to accept. Anyway, highly recommended.

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Extended Reading
  • Daphnee 2022-01-01 08:02:14

    I watched this film two years ago, and I chopped it off after half an hour. It wasn't until a few days ago that he re-watched it that Hemingway's profound meaning was understood. "If you are lucky enough to go to Paris when you are young, then no matter where you go, it will follow you forever. Paris is a mobile feast."

  • Daniela 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Some people say that romance is only the appearance of France, it is spiritual freedom at all. Most of the short films are about the recovery and reappearance of love. The clown is funny but nothing new, the unrequited love is nothing but a good-looking picture, and the long-shot illusion is an old trick. I have to pick my favorites on the Cohen Travel Guide and the Van Sant Language Barrier, and it feels good to be all in love under the same sky at the end. I still prefer New York I love you

Paris, je t'aime quotes

  • Ana: [singing in Spanish to Bourgeoisie's baby] Pretty little hands that I have how pretty and how white that God gave me. Pretty little eyes that I have how pretty and black that God gave me. Pretty little mouth that I have how pretty and red that God gave me. Pretty little feet that I have how pretty and chubby that God gave me...

  • Thomas: And you were accepted, of course. You moved from Boston to Paris into a little apartment on the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis. I showed you our neighborhood, my bars, my school. I introduced you to my friends, my parents. I listened to your texts, your singing, your hopes, your desires, your music. You listened to mine. My Italian, my German, a bit of Russian. I gave you a walkman. You gave me a pillow. And one day, you kissed me. Time went by, time flew and everything seemed so easy, so simple, so free, so new, so unique. We went to the movies, we went dancing, we went shopping, we laughed, you cried, we swam, we smoked, we shaved, you screamed; sometimes for no reason, or for a reason. Yes, sometimes for a reason. I brought you to the academy, I studied for my exams, I listened to your singing, to your hopes, your desires, your music. You listened to mine. We were close, so close, ever so close. We went to the movies, we swam, we laughed. You screamed, sometimes for a reason and sometimes without. Time went by, time flew. I brought you to the academy, I studied for my exams. You listened to my Italian, German, Russian, French. I studied for my exams. You screamed, sometimes for a reason. Time went by for no reason. You screamed for no reason. I studied for my exams, my exams, my exams. Time went by, you screamed, you screamed, you screamed. I went to the movies.