Lolita/Vladimir Nabokov reference in a Woody Allen film. Priceless.
(Source: madmen-only, via hyperspacecowgirl-deactivated20)
Midnight in Paris is one of those films that, in the hands of the wrong director, could have easily turned into a hackneyed romantic comedy given its all-too-familiar setting. Woody Allen, however, manages to deliver a funny, clever and fresh motion picture, something that matches the wit and ambiance of his recent crowd-pleasers, Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match Point. It was really a wonderful surprise.
I don’t want to spoil it for you, but I loved Midnight in Paris because it dealt with topics close to my heart: literature, art, Europe and even time travel. My favorite quote: “Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present. The name for this denial is ‘golden age thinking’, the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one one is living in. It’s a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.”
My dad watched this on the plane, I think. He said it’s nice. Gotta see it if it’s a Woody Allen.
