Who’d of thought that there was only one way of loving right? I mean sure in the end, its really just love that is love…however there are so many ways to approach it huh?
So I finished watching “Paris Je t’aime” and I really came to the conclusion that it is truly a fantastic film.
We all know that Paris is the city of love…but who’d of that it really was the city of love? From this film, there are 18 different ways to express this ideal of love in Paris alone (I doubt anywhere else really…) Love between enemies, Love between illicit drug dealings, Love expressed by mimes, Love of a mother who cannot let go of her child, Love of a low income mother, Love for the oddly strange (vampires?!), Love existing in cemeteries….off the top of the my head from what I remember. Its interesting because even I have never thought of such clever ways to express love like this movie has. All 18 directors are truly brilliant with a very creative state of mind. The soundtrack is superb. Its not overly done like Yann Tiersen did for the “Amelie” soundtrack which serves to heavily display French culture through sound, but instead this film has a score that is subtle, not heavy on any particular instrument but we understand that it is all there (the light accordions in the background, the strings [violins, cellos, etc) serving as the base of sound) and in the end it really comes together with fine tuned composition and execution.
Over all, I can’t say anything bad about this film. There was one part I skipped over but I realized it wasn’t important anyway. I believe my favorite sub story was the 10e Arrondissement “Faubourg Saint-Denis” story…..It was a story that really hit home for me because it really exemplifies the stages of love between anyone, even between a young actress and a young blind man. Plus natalie portman stars in it so thats mad bonus for me.
Anyway, I definitely recommend Everyone to make a point to see this film. It’s a truly hopeless romantic film, yet it does hold some solid state of truth about love and its structuring, its variety, and its uniqueness in every case in life. Absolute winner. Watch it, for you won’t regret it.
Cheers from sunny (well during the day at least) San Francisco
