Product Details

• Actors: Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Marianne Faithfull
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: FIRST LOOK PICTURES
• DVD Release Date: November 18, 2008
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CIOCIU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Paris Je T'Aime (Steelbook)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Even with the impressive talent involved, Paris, je t'aime could've ended up like a fallen soufflé. Though all 18 films aren't equally successful, they hit the mark more often than not. Romantics anticipating happy love stories set amongst the City of Lights may be disappointed to find that many are quite sad and that some parts of Paris are less inviting than others (each takes place in a different district). Further, the shorts aren't all en Français, since the actors and directors hail from around the world, but their outsider perspectives lend the project depth. The strongest entries are provided by Gurinder Chadha (Quais De Seine), Gus Van Sant (Le Marais), Oliver Schmitz (Place des Fêtes), and Alexander Payne (14ème Arrondissement), but all find interesting ways to explore cultural misunderstandings. In Joel and Ethan Coen's tragic-comic Tuileries, tourist Steve Buscemi angers a couple simply by making eye contact. Like Miranda Richardson in Isabelle Coixet's heartbreaking Bastille, he does all his acting with his expressive face. And while Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks the language adroitly in Olivier Assayas's intriguing Quartier des Enfants Rouges, Nick Nolte (purposefully) mangles it in Alfonso Cuarón's surprisingly weak Parc Monceau. The anthology ends with Payne's audio-postcard, in which Margo Martindale's postal carrier narrates her vacation in awkward, but endearing French. Instead of another person, she falls in love with Paris, simply for allowing her to be herself. It's the perfect finish to a poignant repast, like strawberries dipped in chocolate--sweet, but not cloyingly so. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 11/18/2008 Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R

Customer Reviews

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28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ruined Blu-Ray Version, January 7, 2009

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Jay Bloomrosen "Utopian1" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paris, je t'aime [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This is THE WORST Blu-Ray transfer I have seen yet, merely because there are only Subtitles for The Hard Of Hearing, which destroy the film.

The most glaring offense is the mime scene, which has subtitles!

Simply beautiful movie - simply ruined.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hit and miss, but the hits are worth it!, May 1, 2009

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Alan Starr "www.alanstarr.com" (Lawrence, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paris, je t'aime [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

A collection of 18 shorts, all based in Paris and loosely based around the various stages of relationships - starting, flourishing, crumbling. Some hit home more than others, and I think that will be different for everyone. But that's okay - if you don't like one segment, it'll be over in 5 minutes, and you can move on to the next! The obvious correlation is a book of short stories, but it actually reminded me more of walking through a museum with cityscapes on the wall, and your mind imagines what the backstory is on each set of characters and locations. This is like having a mini-glimpse into each painting. One thing I did notice is that love stories are often tragic - there are very few laughs in this movie (although the Coen Brothers segment with Steve Buscemi is freakin' hilarious!). I'm not going to review all the segments, but I will say that my favorite one is also one of the simplest, where a young mother leaves her baby at a nursery, then travels by bus and train across the city, just to act as nanny for someone else's baby. Simple, yet incredibly moving, and says more in three minutes than most movies say in two hours

23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Subtitles are an abomination, January 31, 2009

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True North (Edmonton) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paris, je t'aime [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

The english subtitles are for the hearing impaired, so you get subtitles for all sorts of sounds in the movie: [knock on door] [clock ringing] [horn sounds] You get the idea. The subtitles are very distracting and destroy the beauty of the movie. I feel ripped off by this shoddy presentation. Even english conversations have subtitles. What a rip off. Shame on the idiots who thought this was a good idea.