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| l'Amour (French Kiss) |
What a difference a day makes! After the first, rain-soaked
day in Paris, it could really only get better. And boy, did it. The Tableau
Your Mind family enjoyed a beautiful sunny day visiting the Eiffel Tower, the
Arc de Triomphe, Louis Vuitton, the Champs Elysees, Montmartre, and the Sacre
Coeur. It was a busy day, full of romance (and war and nationalism and sex and
a little religion). But for the purpose of this post, let's focus on the
romance. France is built on a solid foundation of love, the ville de l'amour.
And while plenty of French filmmakers have explored this love affair, I think,
to go along with the monuments and landmarks I encountered, we should explore
films directed by and American, an Aussie, and, okay, a Frenchman.
Of course, France and love is so closely tied with the
activity the country is named for, so let's start with the film French Kiss,
which stars Meg Ryan as an American adrift in Paris,
