Viewed this with the wife a couple of days ago, and it truly caught me by surprise. Whimsical, silly, fantastical, heartbreaking, glorious, honest and joyful, Paris Je T’aime is a delight. At two hours these eighteen short films/vingettes (each shot in a separate arondissement) almost beg to be watched on DVD, but there is something to be said for seeing them all at once as there is only a couple of duds (surprisingly, Alphonso Cuaron turns in a particularly banal sequence), a number of enjoyable throwaways (often built around a comic anagnorisis), and many true gems. Continue reading Paris Je T’aime