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Paris, Je T'Aime [2007]
from Universal Pictures UK
starring Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Gerard Depardieu, Bob Hoskins, Nick Nolte
directed by Gus Van Sant, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Christopher Doyle, Vincenzo Natali

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Lots of Misses but one or two Direct Hits
  I'm fascinated by how film conveys a sense of place. I recently did a Soprano's tour in New Jersey, which revealed to me how a camera can enchant a landscape through brilliant storytelling.
  So I was drawn to this cinematic exercise centred around Paris. The cast is stellar, as is the directing talent.
  They had five minutes to create a story. Several of them are quite pretentious, a handful are boring, and then it picks up towards the end. The last one by Alexander Payne is brilliant, and makes it... more info

• Pretentious, moi?
  The idea of a montage of individual stories set in the world's most beautiful city is enticing, but the finished product is a tad disappointing. Paris looked lovely, but I found most of the stories either dull or just plain daft.
  That is not to say that the film doesn't have some good moments. The story of the singing car park attendant and his love for a medic was quite moving, as was Denver lady and her beautiful epiphany moment in a Paris park.
  You get a much richer taste of Paris in the... more info

• We'll Always have Paris
  Directed by a slew of the very best directors (Alfonso Cuaron, The Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Alexander Payne to name a few), "Paris Je t'aime" is a mixed bag of short vignettes about the who's, the why's and the wherefore's of love set in the City of Love: Paris.
  As is usually the case in this type of enterprise, the directors with the best scripts and the best technique and vision come off the best. The amazing thing is that producers Emmanuel Benbihy and Claudie Ossard have double-handedly... more info

• 2007: in a year of bad films, suddenly is 18 good films in one....
  I really can't recommend this collection of shorts highly enough! I think the previous reviewer did a great job of outlining the nature of the material, I would only echo the thoughts regarding quality of direction, the beauty of the cinematography, impressive acting and tight scripting. I'd also agree that there are maybe 2 duds in there, but out of 18, that's not bad going. Amongst the most poignant I found Oliver Schmidt's Place des Fetes moving to the point of tears, and Tour Eiffel by Sylain Chomet... more info

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