Paris Movies
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Get Ready for the Academy Awards in Paris
If you haven’t seen Scorsese’s The Departed yet, you should! This is Christina’s pick for Best Picture Academy Award Winner this year. It opened in Paris movie theaters in November, but if you’re looking for its French title, ‘Les Infiltres’ is the translation. Here’s a site for screenings.
Some of the French critics
have given Scorsese ten out of ten for the performance he has elicited from DiCaprio, Nicholson and Damon. Scorsese’s film is particularly poignant because he is addressing the issue of allegiances in a world that’s become …
Date: January 12th, 2007 |
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Stuck in a traffic jam?
Things could be worse.
Consider the fact that after more than twenty assassination attempts, Henry IV was finally stabbed to death while he was stuck in a Paris traffic jam on May 14th, 1610.
Date: January 5th, 2007 |
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Bringing in the New Year with High Drama
There are many ways you can bring in the usher out 2006 and bring in 2007, but of all the things going on in Paris on December 31s, I’d be tempted to start off the night at the Cinematheque Francaise to see some films that you may have the opportunity to see but once or twice in a lifetime on a theater screen. This is the ongoing German Expressionist series that I mentioned in a previous post. Tonight at 7 pm you can see Seigfried and Kriemheld’s revenge (two 1920 silent film gems) that I would …
Date: December 30th, 2006 |
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Paris News Stories that never Grow Old
I stumbled across this news story written by Jon Henley for the Guardian (Sept. 2004)about the underground movie theater located beneath the Palais du Chaillot. I had actually read about the huge complex in that locale that had been opened at one time and intended for public access - there is a neverending story of Paris’s underground and it’s always fun to read about the latest episode. Although this is old ‘news’ it never fails to entertain. Cinema in France has had a long history of running counter to conformity and the strictures of regulation …
Date: December 27th, 2006 |
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Stop Everything. Wherever you are in Paris at 7 pm. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!
Okay this is it. Saturday night 7 pm. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Go see this film. Salle Henri Langlois .
La Cinémathèque française
51, rue de Bercy
75012 PARIS
Metro: Bercy - Lignes 6 and 14
Bus: 24
Website: www.cinematheque.fr
Administration - Standard
Tel: 01 71 19 32 00
Fax: 01 71 19 32 01
Informations and reservations
Tel: 01 71 19 33 33
Temporary and permanent exhibitions:
During the week from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
open until 10 p.m. on Thursdays.
Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Projections and conferences
From Monday to Sunday
Pedagogical activities
Program on www.cinematheque.fr
Date: December 16th, 2006 |
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The latest plate to be served up by French media: Cannibalism
(c) 2006 Chris Card Fuller
Today and yesterday Le Parisien has zeroed in on a jail cell in Rouen where one disturbed inmates sauteed parts of his cellmate’s lung for a late night snack. Babies’ fetuses in the fridge and sauteed lung - wow, what’s going on?
Date: January 6th, 2007 |
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Gorgeous at any age - in Paris
One of the films to finish up 2006, Desaccord Parfait, with Jean Rochefort and British actress Charlotte Rampling proves once again that there’s a healthy market for romantic comedies that seem to strike a chord with film viewers of ‘a certain age’. If you check out the reviews at nord-cinema.com , it’s pretty funny to see how whether you like or hate this film might well depend on your age bracket.
One thing is certain - whether the viewers hated the plot, the dialogue, or the cliches, Rochefort and Rampling get high marks. Charlotte Rampling’s praises range from …
Date: January 2nd, 2007 |
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Looking Back on 2006
The end of the year is the time to remember the good movies that one has seen. In Le Figaro’s listing of its top ten - would you be surprised to know that Little Miss Sunshine is included in that list? It’s described as a little miracle without the aid of special effects - the September sleeper that took so many by surprise.
Kids are an important part of everyday life and maybe this film has struck a chord here.
Another film which has garnered much success is Queen. As I mentioned in another entry, …
Date: December 29th, 2006 |
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The Man Who Laughs (L’homme qui Rit)- Paul Leni
Continuing in the vein of German expressionism on cinema, a ‘can’t miss’ is the 1927 USA silent directed by Paul Leni. Starring Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin, this is adapted from a Victor Hugo plot. Certain films you see in a lifetime remain forever in your memory banks. This is one of them, along with Metropolis and the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Fed up with Christmas shopping, duck into the movies.
L’Homme Qui Rit. Sunday, December 24th. 4:30 pm.
La Cinematheque Francaise http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/alaffiche.html?date=20061224
51 Rue de Bercy
12eme. Metro: Bercy
Date: December 22nd, 2006 |
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What is your favorite movie filmed in Paris?
One of my current favorites is The Bourne Identity. What better place for a rendez-vous than Pont Neuf? With a vantage point from the Samaritaine roof top. Paris is a great city for show downs - like the final show down in Charade with Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau and Cary Grant? I believe that scene was shot in the arcades of Palais Royal. Can anybody confirm that?
Great moments at the Palais Royal. Whether it’s a wedding or movie intrigue, the arcades of Palais Royal make a great …
Date: December 16th, 2006 |
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