"Midnight in Paris" is Golden

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 This is another relatively old work I had never heard of before. I originally chose to watch this after I began to miss Italy. I was hoping that a movie that took place in Paris would suffice, even though it’s definitely different and an Italian would not enjoy that I even thought that way. This movie was so much more enjoyable than I had expected. There were so many references to amazing authors from the 20’s, and the references were comical for sure. This is not the type of movie I’m used to seeing Owen Wilson in, but I definitely really enjoyed him in it. 

The ideas that I found could be useful for my older students are that they were born at the right time. They were not too early or too late, and they have a purpose and the ability to make the best life for themselves in the time and places that they are in. Wilson also portrayed a screenwriter who really wanted to be a novelist, so it also influences the watchers to never settle and to do what will fulfill them. 

      

I think an older group of students could also greatly enjoy this movie after learning about some of the authors mentioned. A small unit of sampling their work and seeing what they’re all about, and then ending with this movie, could encompass many standards of my choosing. I don’t know for sure if I’ll use it in my classrooms, but I definitely found it to be funny, and it had a lot of elements that made it special.


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