Paris Je T’aime (2006)

From NetFlix:

A collection of five-minute films about the City of Lights brings
Paris to life with a unique patchwork of 20 stories. Numerous
writers, directors and actors lend their distinctive vision to the
project, employing a wide variety of styles and subject matter.
Participants include GĂ©rard Depardieu, Gus Van Sant, Ethan Coen,
Joel Coen, Wes Craven, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Buscemi, Juliette
Binoche, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gena Rowlands and many others.

Because this is one weird film, I have put it into the “not for everyone” category. Despite the
beautiful photography, most of the 20 episodes deal with some negative aspect of Paris: Steve
Buscemi gets beaten up in the subway; Juliette Binoche mourns her dead young son; a female
vampire (vampiress ?) turns a young man into a vampire; etc.

Although the film is never boring, after awhile Kathy started to get itchy. All French dialog is
subtitled automatically. In addition we put on the English subtitles for hard-of-hearing because
some of the English is mumbled.

It was a fun challenge trying to identify the actors. At the end there is an alphabetized list
of all the actors which doesn’t tell you the episodes in which each actor appeared.

After seeing this film, I would not feel safe in much of Paris. My list of safe places to visit
in this world seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Or as the Kingston Trio used to sing:
“Oh, they’re rioting in Africa, la la la la la la”.

Caution,

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