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Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Tom Hiddleston, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll, Adrien Brody, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates

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Erin Mileur

If anyone is interested to learn about F. Scott Fitzgerald check out Kaz Rowe on YouTube she does a very interesting,informative and funny video essay entitled "The Many Ways F. Scott Fitzgerald Made An Absolute Fool of Himself".

Tyler Explains It All

Hot take: I hated Paris! I went in 2019 and it was overcrowded, expensive, noisy, the traffic is insane (45 minutes to go 2-4 km), the people were rude and food was ok. The one amazing thing about Paris though was the croissants. To this day, I still haven't had a croissant. I haven't had one in 7 years.

Youtalkingtome

As awful as she was here, it would still be hard to walk away from Rachel freaking McAdams.

Youtalkingtome

I've never been, but even watching this, you could tell that they had serious crowd reduction for Paris. I have no illusions that Paris would ever be as open and sparsely populated as it was in this movie. Still beautiful, though.

Clare Manion

What lucky timing! I’ve been away from home, stuck in all-day every-day meetings this week full of numbers, numbers, numbers. I finally have an evening to myself and this is an incredibly welcome balm. (And one of my favorites.) Can’t wait to see what you think :) By the way - the song in the intro, over all those glorious shots of Paris, is “Si Tu Vois Ma Mère” by Sidney Bechet, or “If you see my mother” in English. It’s a beautiful little song. And there are words - it opens with something like “When I think of you, I don’t know why but straight away I see a garden full of flowers.” Isn't that wonderful? If’d you’d like to hear the version with words, I recommend this recording: https://youtu.be/Qn3BExSUafs?si=eIOfxa_iY2pNjd94

Youtalkingtome

Oh, thank you! That's great! Glad you finally have some time to yourself!

Actuarial Lurker

My wife and I went to Paris for 24 days in May 2023 for or 25th anniversary. That's not the real month of our anniversary but we waited until the Spring since in May the weather is in the 50s to high 60s and NOT crowded. Late September the tourists clear out and its back in the 60s. If you go in March or April it is cold and raining as are Oct/Nov If you go in June, July or August it is 90 degrees and humid and most places do NOT have AC- you will be miserable and everyone is on vacation in August so many shops and restaurants are closed.... You can get a VRBO/AIrBnB for $US300-$500 night during this "shoulder" period and get an entire 1BR/2BR apartment with a kitchen but need to book 4-6 months in advance for Airfare and Lodging since May is when the "skilled travelers" go. We did NOT do the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Versailles and such (since that is like going to NYC and waiting 3 hours to go up the Statue of Liberty to spend 75 seconds before the guards force you to move after 1 picture of Manhattan and the harbor.) I can see a YT video of the Mona Lisa.... Instead we did the Musee d'Orsay on the Left Bank which was crowded but manageable and has all the impressionist art and the Musee Guimet on the Right Bank which has one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of China or Japan. You can take 1.5 hour high speed rail in 1st Class for less than E50 per person to Bourges, Chartres, Reims, and Troyes first thing in the AM on day 1, tour these cities, stay overnight in 1700s villas run by Best Western for under E200 a night, tour the next day and return to Paris by train to make a bunch of "spoke and wheel" 2 day/1 night side trips covering most of the major Cathedrals, historic local cities etc You can get up to Normandy or down to Provence in about 3-4 hours- we didn't do those- next time...if Americans are ever welcome back in Europe after Trump 2.0

Actuarial Lurker

See above- go in May or September, get a Metro pass or walk...

Tyler Explains It All

I went in May. I personally just don’t like Paris. As do most French people lol

dys

I did enjoy Paris in April (2018), but I do think it's a bit overhyped. Much of it is very beautiful but you have to be prepared for the fact that close up it is a regular city, noisy and dirty (not as much as say NYC but much more than movies like this portray). I do love croissants, fortunately there are a few bakeries in NYC that have croissants on par with the best I had in Paris.

dys

I went in April 2018 but got very lucky with the weather, it was in the 70s and sunny most of the time. On that trip I'd been to Copenhagen and Amsterdam where it was pretty cold and wet, then Brussels where it was already warming up a bit and finally perfect weather in Paris.

Actuarial Lurker

Tyler- that's why we did all the side trips treating the VRBO as a home base... My wife learned French in high school and spent a Summer in Paris in high school so has more than passable French...I did online French lessons for about a month and watched about 25 "cultural YT videos" so I wouldn't be an embarassment....but you aren't wrong- the French in Paris are rude but they were neutral to friendly in other towns When I went to Provence for a week on business back in 2002 ( a perk of working for a US subsidiary of a French company) it was VERY laid back and calm

Tyler Explains It All

Yeah well my trip was just 3 days in Paris. It wasn’t that long. It was a 14 days trip in London, Marbella, Benahavis, Barcelona and Paris

Erin Mileur

F Scott Fitzgerald ended his life working in Hollywood trying to write movie scripts. He was known to get drunk and wander around saying to people “I’m F. Scott Fitzgerald I wrote The Great Gatsby don’t you remember me”.

Nick Stark

When I first saw this movie was on your upcoming list I just knew you two would love it. It has such a unique premise. This too is probably my favorite Woody Allen film. Definitely give Bullet’s Over Broadway a second (or first) watch. It’s also up there with my favorite Allen films. Thanks guys!!

Erin Mileur

If anyone is curious in 1959 Gregory Peck starred as F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Beloved Infidel co-starring Deborah Kerr. The film portrays the relationship between Fitzgerald and gossip columnist Sheilah Graham during his final years.

I🖤Kraken

Okay, so, hear me out-- the Shakespeare&Co bookstore is my favorite bookstore in the whole world and the 5th arrondissement is my favorite neighborhood. Would it really be THAT disgusting if I just had one teeny, tiny speck of my ashes hidden somewhere in the store?😳 Over the years, I've lowered my fantasies from all of my ashes poured into the Seine by the store. (gross & I might end up in a serial killer's basement) to a teaspoon amount scattered amongst the dusty floor boards (people would just walk all over me and walk me right out the door) 😆 So, I finally decided it will have to be a speck of ash encased in a pebble of amber hidden amongst the bookshelves. So, if you come across my little rock in your perusals, feel free to nod howdy-do & leave me be...

Actuarial Lurker

Looks fade- who would marry into a family with opposite political values and those friends and be stuck with a non-supportive spouse... Degrading your fiancee's professional skills to his face in front of an ex-crush?? Run Forest Run....

Actuarial Lurker

Owen Wilson's Woody Allen mannerisms are impressive

Actuarial Lurker

Morbid but interesting- it WAS worth the 20 minutes wait to get in since they left you alone once you get inside...

Actuarial Lurker

The Left Bank- 5th and 6th Arrondisement are LESS crowded - art galleries, non-tourist cafes, etc

Actuarial Lurker

Paul is a blowhard- Gil should just diss him all night...

Clare Manion

I love that you guys got so many of the references here! And I love this movie - it's spectacularly charming and witty and warm in a way that few things are. What a treat! Totally agreed, Hemingway steals the show. Both the writing and the performance are so spot on. All of the historical figures, really, are so perfectly drawn - the whole movie is a fabulous love letter to the artists and writers of that period... That giddy feeling you mention after watching - yep! I've seen this many times and it always feels that way...Which is probably why I've watched it so many times.

Actuarial Lurker

Kevin- The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 and Cole Porter's "Let's Do It Let's Fall in Love" playing in the background is from 1928 so he WOULD have written the novel a few years prior...it must be just before the 1929 crash...

Jonathan Eaton

This was my favorite movie until About Time came out, which stars... Rachel McAdams. lol

I🖤Kraken

Lmao!! Well, Paris is a pretty eerie city. There is an entire catacombs of dead people underneath it, after all.

Actuarial Lurker

One of my favorite short stories is Hemingway's a A Clean Well-Lighted Place...but that wasn't published until 1933

I🖤Kraken

Completely agree. The guys were great and this movie is so easy to imagine stepping into; I always daydream about mixing this cast in with the Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle cast all laughing and bickering and talking too loudly at the Algonquin in New York 1 minute and then they're all in Paris the next.

Actuarial Lurker

Hans Hoffman is the father of Abstract Expressionism...sorry Gil....

Actuarial Lurker

Those baroque pearl earrings would run $20K easy... Rum Forrest Run....

Actuarial Lurker

The guy sitting down was Toulese Latrec who suffered from a genetic disorder since his parents were first cousins There were EIGHT Impressionist Exhibitions from 1871 through 1880s and the time jump was to just after the last one....see my post below about The Musee D'Orsay which features all the classic works https://www.britannica.com/art/the-eight-Impressionist-exhibitions

Actuarial Lurker

And Gil does dump on him with the trivia...reminds me of Good Will Hunting and the bar scene and pre-Revolutionary War colonial economics

Actuarial Lurker

Tyler- we are thinking of a trip to Spain- Camino de Santiago or drive through the south shore...

Tyler Explains It All

Spain is my favorite country in Western Europe. Hands down. Nothing beats Spain.

Actuarial Lurker

Never saw this before and it was brilliant...

Pam Nail

The story Gil is pitching to Luis Buñuel is his own film, The Exterminating Angel (1962). And the man Gil and Adriana approach at the Moulin Rouge is Toulouse-Lautrec. I love this movie so much. I'm already so in love with Gil's time travel to the 20s, but when he and Adriana go even further back to La Belle Epoque, it's absolute magic. And then the gag of the detective walking in on Louis XVI is brilliant. I wonder if Inez would even be able to time travel like that -- I feel like the magic wouldn't work on her.

Lola Lirola

The movie he discusses with Buñuel is El ángel exterminador (The Exterminating Angel), but he didn't make that until the 1960s! The one he was making in the 20s was a collaboration with Dalí, Un Chien Andalus, the famous one where a razor slices an eye, which is why he said "think about it while you're shaving", I guess!

Joy M

My favorite lines:Alison Pill as Zelda, “my talent really lies in drinking.” Adrian Brody as Salvador Dali, “I am Dali!” Owen Wilson as Gil, “yeah, you’re surrealists, I’m just a regular guy.”

Joy M

Loved St. Germain in Paris!

Joy M

I took a trip to Paris and Provence in October 2022 and Paris was my least favorite part. But I honestly only noticed the traffic when Macron’s motorcade shut down the road for a few minutes. Otherwise it was fine. I liked Lyon the best.

Lola Lirola

I mean... I'm gonna be the jerk, I guess, but while I love the premise of the movie, I find it quite gross how it presents actual people. Like, we know Scott drove Zelda insane and then locked her up in an asylum, all while straight-up stealing her writing, so presenting her here as an alcoholic Yoko Ono is, at best, a very frustrating choice. Ditto this imaginary version of Hemingway, who really does steal the show here and is fantastic in his bravado, but there's legends about his drunken rows here in Spain and all the women he mistreated. He was such a jerk. Picasso, well, by now we all know how bad he was, but he literally said "women are just suffering machines". And Dalí was friends with fascists, so don't get me started. ...And of course at the end the Woody Allen character ends up with a 20 year old while the Mia Farrow character is a shrill harpy. Of course. I mean... I want to like this movie, I really do. I find the premise so charming, and the reflection on nostalgia is incredible. It's all entertaining, and it goes down so smoothly. But that's why all the misogyny is so much worse, because it's coated in fun.

Youtalkingtome

Inez probably wouldn't notice that they were back in time lol

Youtalkingtome

I seriously wanted to start it again right after we finished

Youtalkingtome

I have never heard of that! That sounds so interesting

Youtalkingtome

I would love to go, it just seems so lovely. Hopefully Europe can forgive us once that psycho is gone

Erin Mileur

What’s funny is Owen Wilson character calling Michael Sheen a pseudo intellectual when that’s what many Woody Allen characters are.

Lola Lirola

Yes! All the characters in this movie are! All of them! And seriously, I love the premise, it is a juicy reflection on art and nostalgia and myth-making. And the "-Aren't you afraid? -Of what." bit is truly hilarious. But those characters were real women he put in his movie, and their real stories are actually very demonstrative of how it is to be a woman artist in the patriarchy, and he just was so infatuated with male bravado he doesn't even realize.

Yankee Veg

That's because being a pseudo intellectual is what Allen fears most.

I🖤Kraken

You are absolutely right. I love the poem Enigmas by Pablo Neruda & the Glass family saga by Salinger has gotten me through many heartaches but they were both monsters, too. The integration of gifted monsters into civilization is a part of who we are bc we rarely punish the predators. The world I live in today in America is a horror show but I still have to go grocery shopping. Like the work, denigrate the monster and never, ever stop talking about their actions. It's all we can do. Don't let history die by nostalgia.

dys

The psycho was already making things a bit awkward to be an American abroad back in 2018... I was with a group of friends in Amsterdam, we went on a walking tour and chatted with a Canadian couple on the tour. They asked where we were from and I told them I was from MA, another friend was from GA, etc., but we all lived in NYC. I got the impression that let them assume none of us were pro Trump and let them feel a bit more at ease.

Ian Poulin

... I have to wonder if Gabrielle, the woman who works in the Nostalgia shop, and seems to align perfectly to Pender's love for the rain isn't actually a fan of Pender's from the future who slipped back to meet and fall in love with the author of the book she so loved in the glorious era of 2010...