Ahh, I didn't see them listed, but I was just kind of skimming.
Paris Je T'Aime is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than New York. xINFINITY. The films are much more self-contained, and there was maybe one (maybe) that was just kind of meh for me. Admittedly, I am a francophile, but I think you would enjoy the majority of the films. (Several of them are snapshot-in-time pieces a la Cairo Time, which I know you loved.) There is a hilarious Coen brothers one with Steve Buscemi in a metro station. I am just saying.
Caramel is a Lebanese film about women who run a beauty salon in Beirut. The lead is also the writer/director. It made me want to go back to the Middle East.
Pimpernel Smith is a 1940s update of The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard as the title character (a Nazi-thwarting archaeologist!). It's a little bit cheesy but there are some good moments. It was also one of Howard's last films (his plane was shot down during the war).
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French James Bond spoof with lots of stereotyping, ridiculous fight sequences, and risque double entendres. Also cheesy but in a very different way from Pimpernel Smith. It is kind of what Austin Powers wishes it could be (only French).
Also, if you haven't seen them, you should definitely watch Before Sunrise/Before Sunset. They are both utterly fantastic.
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Date: 2011-11-08 12:27 am (UTC)Paris Je T'Aime is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than New York. xINFINITY. The films are much more self-contained, and there was maybe one (maybe) that was just kind of meh for me. Admittedly, I am a francophile, but I think you would enjoy the majority of the films. (Several of them are snapshot-in-time pieces a la Cairo Time, which I know you loved.) There is a hilarious Coen brothers one with Steve Buscemi in a metro station. I am just saying.
Caramel is a Lebanese film about women who run a beauty salon in Beirut. The lead is also the writer/director. It made me want to go back to the Middle East.
Pimpernel Smith is a 1940s update of The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard as the title character (a Nazi-thwarting archaeologist!). It's a little bit cheesy but there are some good moments. It was also one of Howard's last films (his plane was shot down during the war).
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French James Bond spoof with lots of stereotyping, ridiculous fight sequences, and risque double entendres. Also cheesy but in a very different way from Pimpernel Smith. It is kind of what Austin Powers wishes it could be (only French).
Also, if you haven't seen them, you should definitely watch Before Sunrise/Before Sunset. They are both utterly fantastic.