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Woody Allen’s “Midnight In Paris” reflects on the artists of the Roaring ‘20s
MOVIE REVIEW
By Stephanie Lodromanean
Special to The Southwest Portland Post
When you think of Woody Allen,
maybe a sheep comes to mind or a
bumbling romantic that can’t seem to
keep a pretty girl, but is only charm-
ing some of the time.
That stereotype isn’t entirely vacant
from “Midnight in Paris”, but the
beautiful picture the film creates in its
94 minutes definitely offers another
hat for Allen to wear in his career of
acting, writing, making films--and
that is of an artist.
Allen wrote and directed. The
cinematography for the film was by
Johanne Debas and Darius Khondji.
Although he is not directly in front of
the camera like he is in many of his
other films, “Midnight in Paris” defi-
nitely feels like a Woody Allen film.
The romantic comedy has many hi-
larious moments, often born out of the
misunderstanding created between
couples that just don’t fit together.
Our leading man Gil (played by
Owen Wilson) falls down a rabbit hole
in the Paris night to live and breath
among the great artistic giants of the
Roaring ‘20s.
Anyone that is in love with the
history of Paris or the artists, which
shape our modern view of the arts,
will be tickled by this film.
Allen takes what we’ve learned dili-
gently from our history classes about
American authors who found solace
in the City of Splendor such as Ger-
trude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Er-
nest Hemingway, and transforms them.
We see a lively and talkative Gertrude
Stein (played by Kathy Bates). Corey
Stoll brings a larger-than-life Ernest
Hemingway onto the big screen much
like we would expect him to be.
Adrian Brody hilariously plays
a very surreal Salvador Dali. Allen
even enlisted model and singer Carla
Bruni (recently married to French
President Nicolas Sarkozy) to play a
tour guide in the film.
The characters in “A Midnight in
Paris” brilliantly display the types of
reactions most people have to art: a
deep appreciation for it, an attempt
to be the next great artist, and those
that really don’t care for art.
The interactions between Gil and
his fiancé Inez (played wonderfully
by Rachel
McAdams) demonstrates a couple
who care for entirely different things,
but try to still maintain a relationship
anyway.
The film follows a relationship
which is obviously not meant to be,
but the interactions that come from
Inez and Gil are hilarious and keep
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love with Paris, if not for the amazing
characters of the Lost Generation that
Allen recreates on the big screen.
At press time this film was playing
at the Hollywood Theater, CineMagic
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you wondering how Gil is going to
continuously sneak out and discover
himself in the Paris night.
“Midnight in Paris” will appeal
to many different film viewers; it
provides romance, comedy and a
bit of history. The film is beautifully
directed and will have you falling in
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