Midnight in Paris 2011

Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tagalong vacation on her parents business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks they should move there after they get married but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s was the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gils daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman hes about to marry.

Review

I loved this movie! It blends film noir with Stardust Memories The Purple Rose of Cairo and a bit of Annie Hall. The scenes of Paris were enough to make one fall in love. The music was superb! Having all the artists and writers show up was the ultimate name dropping contest! Their caricatures were hysterical! Casting Adrien Brody as Salvatore Dali was mind blowing along with the surreal discussion about a rhino.

I think Owen Wilson is the best Woody Allen by far. He has a kind of naivete that seems to fit perfectly with who Woody seems to be and the combination of Owen's good looks with Woody's humor is riveting!

Of course the "nostalgia" theme and the I really want to be somewhere else because it's too boring here give the story a whole other layer of meaning. For we artists and writers it's one of the things that sparks our creativity so I loved this discussion and the never ending unraveling the story provokes. While he's entertaining you getting you to laugh hysterically about it all you're actually getting the point he's trying to make! There is no one who is so brilliant! Enjoy!