This week on Every Rom Com, we travel back in time to Paris in the 1920’s as we discuss the 2011 film “Midnight In Paris.” We talk about nostalgia and golden age thinking, learn about some of the greatest writers and artists of the 20’s, and decide whether we’d take a leap back in time. We also cover Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, and give our opinions on Woody Allen and how to approach art by artists who are accused of crimes or wrongdoing. Whether it’s midnight or not, I hope you’ll get in the car and join us for this trip back in time!
0:00-5:38 If You Could Go Back In Time And Hang Out With Any Artistic Or Historical Figures, Whom Would You Choose To Visit And Why?
5:38-14:14 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts, General Opinion
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/midnight-in-paris-woody-allen-279415/
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/movies/midnight-in-paris-a-historical-view.html
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/making-midnight-paris-277337/amp/
Midnight In Paris panel at Cannes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lehj0Lh54Ww
14:14-21:54 Cast & Crew In-Depth: Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Other Cast
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/owen-wilson-marvel-scolded-me-loki-spoilers-1235344530/
21:54-36:57 Woody Allen’s Career, Why Cover Woody Allen?
Woody Allen Biographical Information:
https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/woody-allen
https://deadline.com/2022/07/woody-allen-paris-film-project-details-1235057890/
Further Reading On Allegations Against Allen:
Dylan Farrow’s original letter published in the New York Times: https://archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow
Moses Farrow’s input on allegations against Woody Allen, and on Mia Farrow’s treatment of her adopted children: http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html
Soon-Yi Previn on her relationship to Woody Allen:
https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/soon-yi-previn-speaks.html
News Overviews: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/entertainment/woody-allen-interview-trnd/index.html
https://www.mamamia.com.au/woody-allen-kids/
36:57-47:08 Opening Sequences, Present Day Characters And Conflicts
https://www.jazziz.com/song-of-the-day-sidney-bechet-si-tu-vois-ma-mere/
47:08-53:34 Nostalgia And Golden Age Thinking
53:34-1:10:41 Gil Travels In Time, Meeting Cole Porter And The Fitzgeralds, Paris In The 20’s, Cole Porter In Brief
https://www.stephanewrembel.com/
Ed’s Cole Porter Resources:
1:10:41-1:28:21 Bricktop’s, Meeting Hemingway, Meeting Gertrude Stein, Meeting Adrianna, Interlude In The Present
Bricktop’s:
https://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/?q=program/night-bricktops-jazz-1930s-montmartre
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/08/15/to-bricktop-on-her-belated-birthday/
Location Info:
https://www.polidor.com/en/home
References on Hemingway:
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
When Paris Sizzled by Mary McAuliffe
https://www.biography.com/news/ernest-hemingway-mental-illness-family
The Picasso Painting “Of Adrianna”:
1:28:21-1:47:21 Museum Of Fairground Arts, City As Art Form, Meeting The Surrealists, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, Man Ray
Museum Of Fairground Arts: https://www.thepariseffect.net/blog/a-whimsical-journey-in-paris
The Surrealists:
https://www.thedaliuniverse.com/en/news-dalis-fascination-the-rhinoceros
https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/all-about-salvador-dalis-life-in-paris/
Un Chien Andalou (if the link stays up): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB7gd_t6WMQ
https://www.openculture.com/2012/06/two_vintage_films_by_salvador_dali_and_luis_bunuel.html
1:47:21 SPOILERS BEGIN
1:47:21-2:07:16 Gil And Adrianna In La Belle Epoque, Would You Choose To Escape To The Past If You Could?, Paris Of The 1890’s Or 1920’s?
“These people don’t have antibiotics…”: https://www.reactgroup.org/toolbox/understand/antibiotics/development-of-antibiotics-as-medicines/
https://www.livescience.com/18478-midnight-paris-oscars-nostalgia.html
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