Saturday, June 24, 2017

Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen and the 1920's Art Scene


     Written and directed by Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris (2011) is an imaginative masterwork which deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The story focuses on a nostalgic screenwriter, on vacation in Paris with his fiancé, who finds himself traveling back in time to the 1920's each nigh at midnight. The Golden artistic Age of Paris in the 1920's in wonderfully recreated, with 20th Century artists and literary icons making appearances, including Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Man Ray, Luis Bunuel, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas and T.S. Eliot. The film is magical from beginning to end. The cast does a great job, including Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Carla Bruni, Kathy Bates, Tom Hiddleston and Adrien Brody.


Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Claude Monet Gardens

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Versailles

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Ernest Heningway

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Pablo Picasso

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Gertrude Stein

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Josephine Baker

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Lea Seydoux

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Carla Bruni and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Lea Seydoux and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Ernest Hemingway

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Carla Bruni and Owen Wilson

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Salvador Dali

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Claude Monet Waterlillies

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Marion Cotillard

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Salvador Dali

Midnight in Paris. 2011. Woody Allen: Ernest Hemingway