La vie Parisienne? Books and films set in Paris...

[dynamicbaddog]

Private Fears In Public Places
very good film, a French adaptation of an Alan Ayckbourn play - set in Paris where it's permanently snowing

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'd agree that the Henry Miller books make you want to visit Paris.

 

[HackneyE9]

Code: Unknown (Haneke)
Cache (Hidden) - also Haneke

 

[rekil]

Liquidate Paris by Sven Hassel. Maybe it's not what quite you're looking for but it does contain indispensible pig smuggling tips.

 

[The Boy]

since everyone has already mentioned the movies I wanted to, I'll nominate Rennaisance.

Monochrome animated movie set in a futuristic Paris.

 

[davesgcr]

"L'assamoire" - by Zola

Life in the working class area around the Gare du Nord in the 19thC - rags to moderate riches to rags as a result of absinthe and sloth.

Wonderful !

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Perec: Life, A User's Manual.

 

[yardbird]

Rendezvous
Claude Lelouch

A quick tour of Paris in a Ferrari - about 9+ minutes, its on YouTube.
Stunning

 

[Ms T]

Most of the obvious ones have already been mentioned. If you've never seen Diva, definitely that, and Ridicule is a brilliant film that might make you want to take a trip out to Versailles.

For books, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and The Three Musketeers.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I read Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys recently and I really enjoyed it. review here: http://www.powells.com/review/2004_03_20.html

 

[teahead]

Les Enfants Terribles (film and book) by Jean Cocteau.

 

[Scarlette]

M. Orwell and his very famous 'down and out in the city wot you said and Lodnod'

One of my favourites. Makes destitute living in Paris strangely appealing. I want to find one of those drinking dens with Russian people threatening to shoot each other, or similar.

 

[Dillinger4]

One of my favourites. Makes destitute living in Paris strangely appealing. I want to find one of those drinking dens with Russian people threatening to shoot each other, or similar.

I agree. It tempted the more foolish sides of me to become a Parisian tramp, drinking wine and eating bread at every meal like a true plongeur.

 

[The Boy]

Most of the obvious ones have already been mentioned. If you've never seen Diva, definitely that, and Ridicule is a brilliant film that might make you want to take a trip out to Versailles.

For books, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and The Three Musketeers.

If we're talking books, then I'll put forward Phantom of the Opera.

 

[foamy]

Films:
Before sunset - sequel to Before Sunrise.
Irreversible

not Paris but France generally:
Three Colours Trilogy
The page turner
Delicatessen

 

[Reno]

Irreversible

The perfect film to prepare for a holiday in Paris.

 

[foamy]

The perfect film to prepare for a holiday in Paris.

yes yes, available from your local Paris tourist office

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

The perfect film to prepare for a holiday in Paris.

And to think i thought my suggestion of La Haine was slightly edgy

 

[g force]

Les Amants du Pont Neuf - beautiful almost love story with Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant about homeless people living on a bridge.