Paris, Je T'Aime [2007]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Lots of Misses but one or two Direct Hits
  • Tres Bien
  • Pretentious, moi?
  • We'll Always have Paris
  • 2007: in a year of bad films, suddenly is 18 good films in one....
 Paris, Je T'Aime [2007]
Starring: Steve Buscemi , Natalie Portman , Gerard Depardieu , Bob Hoskins , and Nick Nolte
Director: Gus Van Sant , Isabel Coixet , Wes Craven , Christopher Doyle , and Vincenzo Natali
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
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ASIN: B000V4IO6C
Release Date: 2008-02-04
Paris, Je T'Aime [2007]

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Lots of Misses but one or two Direct Hits.......2008-03-05

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 all worth it. I found Carol's story sad, funny and moving. Natalie Portman exudes great beauty and charm in her slot. Emily Mortimer does a very English cameo in the one based in Pere Lachaise. The Depardieu contribution with Gena Rowlands is a short masterpiece of dialogue. The music at the end is also very charming.

Having watched it, I booked a spring holiday in Paris, and it inspired me to try and write something similar about places I know well in London.

4 out of 5 stars Tres Bien.......2008-02-21

Very enjoyable compendium of short films linked by love and Paris.
You really do not know which famous face will turn up next, and it is a truely international assembly of performers and directors.
Inevitably the quality varies, but everyone should find something to like, and at least you know the ones you do not like will soon be over!
A lovely escape from predictable Hollywood offerings.

3 out of 5 stars Pretentious, moi?.......2008-02-10

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 epiphany moment in a Paris park.

You get a much richer taste of Paris in the excellent thriller 'Tell No One'. But then nothing can beat creating your own story by visiting the city itself.

4 out of 5 stars We'll Always have Paris.......2007-11-24

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 breathed new life in what was thought of as a pretty much dead, at least in its commercial art form entity
...the short film, by assembling 18 films made by 21 directors.
In one of the best and most effective and affecting, "Bastille," a man (Sergio Castellito) on the verge of leaving his wife (Miranda Richardson) for his mistress learns that the wife is terminally ill and decides to stay with her. The main character's wall-to-wall stream-of-consciousness takes us through the whole story in voice-over: "by acting like I was in love, I fell in love with my wife again."
In "14ème Arrondissement," directed by Alexander Payne, a middle-aged American mail carrier from Denver, who diligently studied French as she prepared for the trip of a lifetime to Paris, walks around the city sharing her impressions in voice-over. She talks about her lonely life, the beautiful scenery, her happiness at being in Paris but her sadness at having to experience it alone. But, sitting in a Paris park one day she experiences a sudden epiphany: a life affirming and life changing epiphany that she will without a doubt take home with her to Denver.
Acting-wise, along with those mentioned above, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Gaspard Ulliel, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, and Fanny Ardant...organic, deeply committed actors all make the very best of their short but sweet appearances.
Like its literary twin, the short story, the short film has very little time to make an impression and impact and though there are a couple of miss-steps presented here, "Paris Je T'aime" is as a whole a very beautiful, very cohesive, effective and blissfully thoughtful film.

5 out of 5 stars 2007: in a year of bad films, suddenly is 18 good films in one...........2007-11-03

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 would bring an indecent smile to even the most po-faced individual. Therein lies the beauty of the film, like the city in which it is framed, it has the ability to elicit the full gamut of human emotions through its sheer beauty. A wonderful collection, I see that they are planning the release to coincide just before Valentine's Day, and whilst that might be a cynical commercialisation of the concept of love, these films certainly are not.
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    		Paris, Je T'Aime [2007]
    Starring: Fanny Ardant , Juliette Binoche , Steve Buscemi , Willem Dafoe , and Marianne Faithfull
    Director: Olivier Assayas , Ethan Coen , and Joel Coen
    Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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    Release Date: 2007-11-13
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      		Paris, Je T'Aime [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
      Starring: Fanny Ardant , Juliette Binoche , Steve Buscemi , Willem Dafoe , and Marianne Faithfull
      Director: Olivier Assayas , Ethan Coen , and Joel Coen
      Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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      Release Date: 2007-11-13
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        Starring: Steve Buscemi , Natalie Portman , Gerard Depardieu , Bob Hoskins , and Nick Nolte
        Director: Gus Van Sant , Isabel Coixet , Wes Craven , Christopher Doyle , and Vincenzo Natali
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        Product Description

        Eighteen different directors and a slew of indie actors come together for PARIS, JE T'AIME, a cinematic homage to the City of Light. Each director presents his or her own short story set in a different Parisian quarter, each one featuring a different cast of characters. The pieces vary in length, with some of them striving to tell a fully developed tale--no matter how simple the plot--while others are more abstract, content to rely on sparse dialogue and vivid imagery. With directors such as Gus Van Sant, Alexander Payne, Wes Craven, and the Coen brothers participating, the tales are as varied and oddball as one might expect. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a lonely actress with a fondness for her hash dealer. Elijah Wood encounters a seductive vampire on a moonlit street. Steve Buscemi is a flustered tourist. Natalie Portman falls for a deaf Frenchmen. Each tale is markedly unique, and specific to the quirky style of its director, and the film is a veritable Who's Who for indie buffs. The end product is a bit uneven, with some of the narratives sparkling and others starting strong, then falling flat. But in the moments when it succeeds, the movie can feel mysterious and magical, evoking the romance and longing the city is famous for. This DVD is an officially released overseas import which is compatible with all DVD players worldwide. The film is spoken in a mixture of languages & English subtitles are available for the non English language segments (selectable from the DVD setup menu).

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