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This has been a strange festival. In the first few days, at least to these veteran eyes, the two most satisfying works on view have been the series of vignettes that make up the omnibus film Paris, je t'aime, and four scenes from Bill Condon's unfinished Dreamgirls, shown Friday by DreamWorks and Paramount at the Martinez Hotel...
Finally. After nearly two whole days of Cannes. On the fifth try. A really good movie. Lots of little good ones, really, in an omnibus picture called Paris, Je t'aime...
...Granted, the best thing about a multipart, multi-author film is usually the credits. The various segments don't hang together; often they hang separately. But with its grand theme, Paris, Je t'aime establishes a tone - of love, in bloom or suspended animation - that for the most part is sustained from one segment to the next. This is a dégustation du chef to savor, a tasting menu of cogent attitudes and poignant images...
...expect that some U.S. distributor will acquire Paris Je t'aime, if only for its art-house marquee value. But it has a greater utility than that. It reminds us of the power of the short story - the movie is like a volume of De Maupassant tales - and the grace that can coincide with conciseness. It also made this aging movie couple feel, for two hours, like young lovers in Paris...
...from the moment I stepped on campus during a summer visit, I was absolutely in love with Harvard. It could have been the colonial architecture, the 14 million books in the library, or my cute tour guide, but I was charmed by the school’s certain je ne sais quoi. Like any love affair, the beginning was magical—shiny early acceptance letters, bright new hoodies, a party-filled prefrosh weekend. But these great feelings continued through a virtually seamless first year of good friends, great professors, solid grades, and a fulfilling extracurricular activity?...