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Director: Woody Allen
Verdict: Thumbs Up Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris gets much of its emotion through the tones, making extensive use of color and music to help highlight the plot. Revolving around Gil Pender, a famous screenwriter and budding writer in a tense relationship, he discovers an odd characteristic about Paris. One night while his fiance is out dancing with a man he dislikes, he finds that he can time travel. He goes to a time in adores, the 1920’s. There he encounters famous writers, painters, and philosophers from the era. Every night, he goes back in time. However, he falls in love with a woman from the time and his fiancee becomes suspicious of him. She is convinced he has gone crazy and has an affair with the man Gil dislikes. In the meantime, Gil discovers that everyone has a soft spot for a time before them and that the extraordinary can become ordinary. Having realized this, he breaks up with his fiance and decides to stay in Paris. The movie is very focused on the idea of being in love with a “Golden Era.” To Gil, that golden era is the 1920’s with people like Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso. To suit this theme, the color palate is full of yellows and golds and soft colors. There is a very warm feel for much of the movie. However, it moments when Gil’s enemy, Paul, is around, there is a slight shift towards some cooler coolers such as green and blue. The mood never goes fully cold, but it does provide a clear shift in emotion. Music also helps to shape the tone of the movie. The music is very pretty and soft but not omnipresent. It shows up in moments when the movie feels magical or something special is about to happen. It follows Gil’s mood, and is around when one could imagine Gil would have butterflies in his stomach. Overall, the movie is pretty good and entertaining. The plot is solid and interesting and Woody Allen controls the tone and emotion of the movie very well. I would watch it again.
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