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Tag: Midnight in Paris

  • Viewing Log, Week of 7/22/2012

    Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen, 2011) – I’ve tried, and I can’t get more out of this one than an extremely explicit theme about nostalgia and the film’s seemingly intentional refusal to apply its moral lesson to reality. Gil realizes that his nostalgia indicates a failure to live well in the present, right in…

  • Midnight in Paris: From One Flâneur To Another

    What the ex-advisor said was true and remains true: you haven’t seen a film unless you’ve seen in (at least) twice. So, for as lighthearted in tone as Woody Allen’s latest is, one must revisit it to say much about it that’s worth hearing. That being said, here we are after only one viewing. Midnight…