Paris, Je T'Aime (Two Disc Limited Collector's Edition)

Paris, Je T'Aime (Two Disc Limited Collector's Edition)
by Olivier Assayas

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Actor: Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe
Director: Olivier Assayas
Brand: Paris
Composer: Pierre Adenot
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 165 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: First Look Pictures

DVD Reviews of Paris, Je T'Aime (Two Disc Limited Collector's Edition)

DVD Review: Disappointing
Summary: 5 Stars

The movie is a collection of 18 short subjects, each 5 minutes long, each supposedly representing the flavour and character of one of the 18 individual neighborhoods in Paris. Essentially this movie proves that 5 minutes is not enough time to present an acceptable short movie no matter who the actors or directors are. For the most part in this movie major acting talent is wasted and major directing talent is embarrasses itself (except for the Cohen brothers). And the segments rarely capture the unique flavour of the neighborhoods, perhaps only in 4 or 5 of the 18 cases does it come through. The few endearing shorts that do work are not enough to overcome the failure of the majority. If you have extra time to kill watching a movie from which you have no great expectations and you really like Paris and/or the French, even then prepare to be disappointed by this movie.

DVD Review: Fall in love with Paris from your living room!!
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this film in theaters when it first came out and thought that it was as really artistically strong film. I loved the idea of having 20 world-class directors all creating their own stories out of this spectacular city. I really should have bought the DVD when it first came out - not sure why I didn't. But now they're releasing it on both Blu-Ray and Steelbook. I'm really not sure which one to get - I'll probably ending up getting it on Blu-Ray because I really want to see some of these particular stories in a really high quality - its going to look sweet. But the steelbook tin looks really cool and is definitely a collectors item. Either way, if you haven't bought this film yet, now's your chance!

DVD Review: Product in great condition; on-time!
Summary: 5 Stars

Coen Bros. vignette classic. Buscemi is custom made for their "victim" roles. The rest of the video was delightful. I love this type of film, vignettes.
It was always engaging.

DVD Review: Paris, I love you, too.
Summary: 5 Stars

A poetic collection of vignettes about lives in Paris...not necessarily connected. Not perfect, by perfectly beautiful.

DVD Review: I think I'm in love...
Summary: 5 Stars

Originally written Nov 27, 2007...

I've never been to Paris, but have always had it on my list of places to visit. The history, the art, the culture are all well documented. That's why it's the most visited city in the world. More tourists flock to Paris each year than to any other location on the planet. I hope to count myself among those numbers some time soon, and the urge for going was increased a thousand-fold by the film I watched last night:

"Paris je t'aime"

The tagline for the film is "Stories of love. From the city of love.", but it's so much more than that. Featuring eighteen short films by twenty different directors, the five minute segments are each devoted to a different neighborhood in Paris, and each have their distinctive stamp. All of them are moving in their own way, some for good, some not, but that's really up to the individual. Standouts include the contributions by Joel & Ethan Coen, Olivier Assayas, Isabel Coxiet, and Alexander Payne. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the others, (I did apart from a segment on mimes and another on hairdressers) it's just that those were particularly good, especially Payne's American woman alone in Paris.

I've not been so moved by a film in years, and I can't stress enough how good it is.

A +

Description of Paris, Je T'Aime (Two Disc Limited Collector's Edition)

Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 12/16/2008 Run time: 110 minutes

Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, je t'aime could've ended up like a fallen souffl?. Though all 18 films aren't equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a different district). Further, the shorts aren't all en Fran?ais, since the actors and directors hail from around the world, but their outsider perspectives lend the project depth. The strongest entries are provided by Gurinder Chadha (Quais De Seine), Gus Van Sant (Le Marais), Oliver Schmitz (Place des F?tes), and Alexander Payne (14?me Arrondissement), but all find interesting ways to explore cultural misunderstandings. In Joel and Ethan Coen's tragic-comic Tuileries, tourist Steve Buscemi angers a couple simply by making eye contact. Like Miranda Richardson in Isabelle Coixet's heartbreaking Bastille, he does all his acting with his expressive face. And while Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks the language adroitly in Olivier Assayas's intriguing Quartier des Enfants Rouges, Nick Nolte (purposefully) mangles it in Alfonso Cuar?n's surprisingly weak Parc Monceau. The anthology ends with Payne's audio-postcard, in which Margo Martindale's postal carrier narrates her vacation in awkward, but endearing French. Instead of another person, she falls in love with Paris, simply for allowing her to be herself. It's the perfect finish to a poignant repast, like strawberries dipped in chocolate--sweet, but not cloyingly so. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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