Review of Paris Je T'aime (2006) by Michael M — 22 Aug 2009
An anthology film produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and Claudie Ossard, in which an assortment of different directors and a huge international cast, each make a little short film set in a different arrondissements of Paris.
It's a good film, and it does showcase the beauty of Paris, although some segments do work better than others. The segments include Le Marais by Gus Van Sant, about a French customer (Gaspard Ulliel) who falls for a printshop worker (Elias McConnell), not realising he can't speak French.
The Coen Brothers do Tuileries, in which a hapless American tourist (Steve Buscemi) gets involved in a fight on the Paris Metro. Australian director Christopher Doyle does Porte de Choisy, in which salesman (Barbet Schroeder) faces a tough customer.
Wes Craven goes to Père-Lachaise, in which Rufus Sewell gets advice from Oscar Wilde, and Vincenzo Natali creates Quartier de la Madeleine, a romantic horror where a backpacker (Elijah Wood) falls for a vampire (Olga Kurylenko).
The segments are all of a good quality, some are funny, some are sad, some are surreal, but all have a sense of romance to them. Now there's going to be a similiar film in New York, films like this may catch on in some countries.
This review of Paris Je T'aime (2006) was written by Michael M on 22 Aug 2009.
Paris Je T'aime has generally received positive reviews.
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