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Should you be pondering the infinite joy of the five-sense alternating current of timeless wonder, that is whispered to those who know as ‘Ventnor Library’, it would be wise to procure of a DVD entitled ‘Paris Je T’aime’.
Accessing a carefully considered purpose to slip through the hidden veil of the sub-conscious and subtly linger over the synapses, this particular project is not exactly offering direct answers to questions about Paris itself. Yet it does reveal that undoubtedly there is very little about the capital of France that is still fully understood.
However, films and movies can filter through the conscious mind remarkably easily at times, ‘Paris Je T’aime’ seems to be as unique an experience as meditating on a Summer’s day in Newtown. The rareness of listening and seeing and understanding.
When a film reminds and tugs gently on the thought of how good a place, city, or park-bench was for its appearance of being there, or ‘why’ of anything really, the answer grammatically is one of ‘Because’. En Francais, c’est porqui? Et parce-que’.
In Paris at one time I heard the translation into English of a French expression, ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same.’ From the simple to the sublime challenges of living in Paris, I am not so deluded to believe that it inspires artists and writers to do anything other than leave much quicker, for less expensive parts of France.
What it is about Paris that attracts is apparent in ‘Paris Je T’aime’ but in the great debate ensued by films such as ‘Amelie’ or ‘Les Enfants Du Pont Neuf’ there is a lot to be critical about very easily with films or movies, when it comes to accuracy within comparable realities. One answer is of course that reality is inspiring in one sense and that sense is called Juliette Binoche.
