Woody Allen's 2011 movie
Midnight in Paris tells the story of a modern-day character repeatedly finding himself in the 1920s, in a kind of temporary time travel. As it turns out, this is a real-life phenomenon known as a
time slip. Perhaps the most famous documented case was from 1901, at the Palace of Versailles.
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posted by mark7570
on Jul 21, 2012 -
73 comments
"Well, all right, why is life
worth living? That's a very good question. Well, there are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. Uh, like what? Okay. Um, for me... oh, I would say... what,
Groucho Marx, to name one thing... and
Willie Mays, and...
the second movement of the Jupiter Symphony, and... Louis Armstrong's recording of
Potatohead Blues...
Swedish Movies, naturally...
Sentimental Education by Flaubert...
Marlon Brando,
Frank Sinatra... those incredible apples and pears by
Cezanne... the
crabs at Sam Wo's...
Tracy's face..."
posted by vronsky
on Dec 11, 2009 -
73 comments
Meetin' WA "At once sublime and witty, the 26 minutes of Meetin' WA consist of an interview Jean-Luc Godard conducted in 1986 with Woody Allen, the director of What's Up, Tigerlilly and Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (and soon to be featured in the final moments of Godard's abortive Cannon Pictures' King Lear). The chat itself is amiable enough; certainly avoiding any conceivable adversarial notes; but this, along with the New York setting (giving Allen the home field advantage as it were) does nothing to prevent a visible anxiety from growing on the part of the filmmaker as the interview goes on."
posted by vronsky
on Aug 14, 2008 -
6 comments
