Midnight in Paris

[Batman1980]

Woody Allen has written himself a part in his next film, Midnight In Paris.

The acclaimed writer-director hasn't appeared in one of his own films since Scoop in 2006, but has written himself into the Rome-set drama, starring Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams.

"It's not a big deal, it's an amusing turn, so I'll do it, but I can't be the love interest any more - I can't play opposite Scarlett Johansson, it's not appropriate," he told The Guardian.

Woody - whose latest film You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger will be released on March 18 - fancies a reunion with Diane Keaton, who starred in Annie Hall and Manhattan. The duo haven't worked together since 1993's Manhattan Murder Mystery.

"I'd love to have a wonderful tour de force part with Diane Keaton but the problem is doing what?" he continued.

"Nobody wants to see two septuagenarians get it on. People may say they do, but they don't. They want to see Leonardo DiCaprio chasing after Scarlett Johansson. They don't want me flirting with Diane Keaton," he added.

He claimed Diane has inspired him.

"I could never write female characters when I started out. And when I met Diane Keaton... I became so enamoured of her, I just fell in love with her.

"They were cardboard figures before her, and I made no effort to change it, but after I met Keaton I could write women, and only write women, that was all that interested me," he said.

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With Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams and Adrien Brody, I expect this to be one of the best movies of the year.

[jhiggy23]

The article is wrong, as it's obviously set in Paris and not Rome haha


That being said, I certainly look forward to it, especially after taking a solo vacation there last year!

[Batman1980]

Midnight in Paris is the latest of Woody Allen's Eurocentic movies. The location move from New York to Europe has rejuvenated the filmmaker (Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona are some recent examples) who still cranks out a film a year and has been for over three decades.

The trailer for Paris seems to start off on questionable ground - Owen Wilson seems a bit out of place, some have noted - but just as we are shown Paris coming alive at night, so does the trailer. And yes, that includes Wilson too.

Source - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ris...trailer-171914

[ShellOilJunior]

Yep, I think they mean his next project set in Rome.

He's not in Midnight in Paris.

[Paris N Flames]

Does this have the same plot line as One Night In Paris/????

[Cinemach]

Saw this on Friday, it was one of the films screened in Cannes I was most looking forward to. I enjoyed it even more than I thought I would: it was funny, and Owen Wilson channeled a great 'Woody Allen transplanted to Paris'. Actually the acting was all across the board great. Though the film devolves into a guessing game of who from the French Roaring Twenties is Going to Show Up Next? (and by extension, what famous cameo are we going to see?), the conceit really didn't wear thin until the end and on the whole isn't bothersome.

Best film I've seen so far this year, highly recommended.

[Mandalorian]

How about a poll, mods?

[milkinc13]

mis-read thet title as i thought yet another Paris Hilton video has leaked out

[jvince]

Where's the poll. This needs a poll.

I haven't seen a Woody Allen film prior to this (and I know I need to remedy that), but I liked it. I didn't know that much about the famous writers and artists that Owen Wilson meets when he travels back through time, but that wasn't a problem. In fact, I'm glad to know a little more about them now. Fun, beautiful, and educational too. You don't see movies like that quite often nowadays.

Midnight in Paris is the best time-travel movie this year (Sorry, Source Code) and probably the best rom-com so far. Go see it. 4.5/5 for me.

[Foggy]

I definatly think not enough people have seen this to warrent a poll

[toddly6666]

This was definitely the most insightful film I've seen in a long time.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by jvince

Where's the poll. This needs a poll.

I haven't seen a Woody Allen film prior to this (and I know I need to remedy that), but I liked it. I didn't know that much about the famous writers and artists that Owen Wilson meets when he travels back through time, but that wasn't a problem. In fact, I'm glad to know a little more about them now. Fun, beautiful, and educational too. You don't see movies like that quite often nowadays.

Midnight in Paris is the best time-travel movie this year (Sorry, Source Code) and probably the best rom-com so far. Go see it. 4.5/5 for me.

If you liked the odd aspects of the time-travel theme, you'd probably like "Zelig" or "The Purple Rose of Cairo", both of which are about identity. In the first, which is filmed old-newsreel style, Woody is a person who immediately assumes the physical look of anyone who he's around. In the second, in a play on an old Buster Keaton film, characters leave the screen and enter the "real world" (Allen is not in "Cairo").

If you like the rom-com aspects, you'd probably like "Annie Hall". If you want to see how much Allen loved NYC, similar to his ode to Paris, it's "Manhattan", although his character's love for a high-school aged girl is a little tough to watch.

If you want to see a wonderful, positive film (not usual for Allen), see "Radio Days", which alternates between a middle-class family living in Rockaway Beach, NY in the 1940s and the world of New York radio stars. He's not in that one either. Another ode to adult romance is "Hannah and Her Sisters" which has a great cast and great performances and won two Academy awards for best supporting actor/actresses.

His ode to both Science Fiction and to silent film comic Harry Langdon would be "Sleepers", although some of the jokes are very dated and weren't understood by most non-New York audiences even when the film was released (like ones about then United Federation of Teachers head Albert Shanker and about ABC Sports announcer Howard Cosell). But of his early films, it's the most beautifully shot.

Then there's the early, low-budget, somewhat silly, but still fun comedies like "Take the Money and Run" and "Bananas".

"A Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy" combines the Shakespeare story with the invention of motion pictures.

And then there are the recent rom-coms, which are pretty good insights into human character, but aren't earth shattering in any way: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Match Point". Also, there's "Mighty Aphrodite", which won an Academy Award for Mira Sorvino.

I haven't seen all of the films from his later period, but of those I've seen, the one which I think was the absolute worst was "Hollywood Ending", which I didn't find funny in the slightest. I really thought his career was going to be over after that, but he did come back with some very decent films. "Midnight In Paris" is definitely his best film since 1999's "Sweet and Lowdown", which was a small film about a nasty musician played by Sean Penn who thinks of himself as a Django Reinhardt.

I'm sure others will have their own favorites.

[Minuto]

Saw it a week ago. I'd have to say it's probably the best film I've seen all year (equal to or slightly better than Horrible Bosses), but even then that's not saying much considering I was spoiled rotten with gems last year.

[tigtat77]

I personally thought this was Woody's best film in close to 15 years. He has not had a script this sharp since "Bullets Over Broadway". It is very reminicent of "Purple Rose of Cairo". I hope he scores writing and directing oscar nom for it.

[Mandalorian]

I'm the antithesis of this movie's target audience

[Show spoiler](I don't like disclosing my ethnicity on internet forums, but to drive home my point: young, black college student from Los Angeles),

but I loved it. Can't wait for the blu-ray. Definitely my favorite Woody Allen film, although I haven't seen them all.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

I'm the antithesis of this movie's target audience

[Show spoiler](I don't like disclosing my ethnicity on internet forums, but to drive home my point: young, black college student from Los Angeles),

but I loved it. Can't wait for the blu-ray. Definitely my favorite Woody Allen film, although I haven't seen them all.

I don't think you have to be white or old to like this film, but I'll leave it at that, don't want to get into trouble

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Foggy

I don't think you have to be white to like this film, but I'll leave it at that, don't want to get into trouble

Wasn't my point at all. Just a minor detail I added about myself.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

Wasn't my point at all. Just a minor detail I added about myself.

Ok, I think every film should be open to everyone, and shouldn't be shut down to any typical age, gender, race or religion. Heck, I liked Twilight first time I watched it

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Ok, I think every film should be open to everyone, and shouldn't be shut down to any typical age, gender, race or religion. Heck, I liked Twilight first time I watched it

Only the first time?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by RJ Smoove

Only the first time?

Yes, first time...but it's the only time I've seen it