I was given the opportunity of watching Midnight In Paris, although it was released in the latter half of 2011, with a few of my other friends in class as a 'context fixer' in the cultural course we had opted for early this year. The movie, Midnight in Paris, directed and written by Woody Allen, is a beautiful movie based in Paris and the adventures that the protagonist ensues.
At first, I wasn't sure if the movie would interest me as the start seemed rather dull to me. However as the movie progressed, it was a rather 'magical experience'. It was a rather engaging film concentrating on the conflicting emotions of the male lead, Gil Pender - a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter - and his relationship with his fiancée, Inez, who are in Paris, vacationing with Inez's wealthy, conservative parents.
I personally, would love to be in the shoes of Gil Pender, who, every midnight gets to spend time with the artistically gifted men and women, specifically those of the Lost Generation, whom Pender loves and appreciates. Why would you not want to spend time talking with the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Alice B. Toklas, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Luis Buñuel. He even gets his novel to be read by Gertrude Stein, an acclaimed poet and writer and had influenced Hemingway.
While his midnight rendezvous continue on a daily basis, his relationship with Inez deteriorates and leads him to question the relationship. Meanwhile, Gil spends more and more time with Adriana, who leaves Picasso and has a brief dalliance with Hemingway. Gil realizes that he is falling in love with her, leaving him conflicted.
The movie is told and directed in a beautiful manner, soaking you right into the subject matter of the story. It's a very absorbing movie with a great script and great direction. What can possibly go wrong with Woody Allen's movies? The movie beautifully captures the inner conflict that Pender experiences and the 'inner awakening' that he has over the course of the movie. He comes to understand himself and at the end of the movie does what he thinks is best for him. Corey Stoll portrayed Ernest Hemingway amazingly well and has probably done justice as a creative re-imagination of Hemingway as a person and author.
The movie give a rather warm and 'fuzzy' feeling within you and at times - for me, at least - I felt that I was a part of the movie. It is a rather genuine film exploring both the artistic flair of a period - that of the Lost Generation, whom, as said before Pender enjoyed - and of the complex human emotions.
At first, I wasn't sure if the movie would interest me as the start seemed rather dull to me. However as the movie progressed, it was a rather 'magical experience'. It was a rather engaging film concentrating on the conflicting emotions of the male lead, Gil Pender - a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter - and his relationship with his fiancée, Inez, who are in Paris, vacationing with Inez's wealthy, conservative parents.
I personally, would love to be in the shoes of Gil Pender, who, every midnight gets to spend time with the artistically gifted men and women, specifically those of the Lost Generation, whom Pender loves and appreciates. Why would you not want to spend time talking with the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Alice B. Toklas, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Luis Buñuel. He even gets his novel to be read by Gertrude Stein, an acclaimed poet and writer and had influenced Hemingway.
While his midnight rendezvous continue on a daily basis, his relationship with Inez deteriorates and leads him to question the relationship. Meanwhile, Gil spends more and more time with Adriana, who leaves Picasso and has a brief dalliance with Hemingway. Gil realizes that he is falling in love with her, leaving him conflicted.
The movie is told and directed in a beautiful manner, soaking you right into the subject matter of the story. It's a very absorbing movie with a great script and great direction. What can possibly go wrong with Woody Allen's movies? The movie beautifully captures the inner conflict that Pender experiences and the 'inner awakening' that he has over the course of the movie. He comes to understand himself and at the end of the movie does what he thinks is best for him. Corey Stoll portrayed Ernest Hemingway amazingly well and has probably done justice as a creative re-imagination of Hemingway as a person and author.
The movie give a rather warm and 'fuzzy' feeling within you and at times - for me, at least - I felt that I was a part of the movie. It is a rather genuine film exploring both the artistic flair of a period - that of the Lost Generation, whom, as said before Pender enjoyed - and of the complex human emotions.
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