Paris is one of city I like the most. When I start to watch this movie, I can appreciate really beautiful Paris’ views for four minutes at the beginning of film. I think if anyone watches these views, he/she could not have appealed to that city. So, I guess why the background is Paris in the film. I conclude Paris has a lot of thing including historic romance and arts. It gives us food for thought.
The movie ‘Midnight in Paris’ showed us beautiful Paris views, fantasy romance, conflict between the past and reality. Also, Famous writer and painter such as Hemingway, Salvador Dali, Fitzgerald come on the film in the 1920’s. A protagonist, Gil goes back the past every midnight and met them. This may seem our appearance that is always eager to escape from reality. I focus on Gil’s inner conflict and romance, and divided Gil’s three type of romance. It is as in the following. Firstly, It is Gil’s romance with Inez from reality. I doubt if Girl and Inez really love each other. Eventually, Inez had an affair with Pole who is her friend’s husband. I thought they were at odds with one another from of the beginning. Whereas he always miss and sentimentalize over the past, she is negative and too realistic, and cynical for it. When they stay in Paris, he want to enjoy Paris’ romance, but she wants to enjoy Paris’ splendid. So, she thinks he is pathetic. I cannot understand them why they get engaged.
Secondly, Adriana and Gil. It is romance from fantasy. They are same. In other words, they think of the beautiful and picturesque past, and true to sentimental. But Adriana misses and stays the past. Gil consider the past as just precious period. He realizes that it is by no means missing object and should move toward the future. Thirdly, It is romance with Gabriel now starting. Gabriel works for Sanit-Ouen Flea Market sells antique. She understand sensitive and romance of the past enough. Unlike Inez who chafed Gil,