{"id":661,"date":"2008-02-22T22:51:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T03:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/22\/2-days-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2022-10-09T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T14:26:07","slug":"2-days-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2-days-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Delpy gives an unromantic tour of her city in 2 Days in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I suppose <em>2 Days in Paris<\/em> can be seen as both inspired by and a refutation of <em>Before Sunrise<\/em> and <em>Before Sunset<\/em>, the pair of films Julie Delpy made with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke. Although more realistic than most romantic comedy\/dramas in terms of dialog and emotion, it would be fair to say those films buy into cliches of young love and romantic adventures in two renowned &#8220;cities of lovers&#8221; abroad, Vienna and Paris. Despite that, both are huge personal favorites of mine, and I strongly recommend watching them back to back, especially if you happen to be about the same age as the actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large size-full wp-image-2937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg in 2 Days in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-6179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-goldberg-delpy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The tourists went that-a-way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As writer and director of <em>2 Days in Paris<\/em>, Julie Delpy portrays a most unromantic view of Paris, as perhaps only a Frenchwoman could. With only a fleeting glimpse of the Eiffel Tower, we mostly spend time in its moldy bohemian apartments, eating its fast food, and as captive audiences to its sleazily racist cab drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not coincidentally, the film&#8217;s view of relationships is also bleak; Celine and Jesse (Hawke) experience intense passion and heartbreak over a total of 48 hours together (with a 10 year interruption) in <em>Sunrise\/Sunset<\/em>, but Marion and Jack (Adam Goldberg) suffer the overfamiliarity and jealousy of a years-old relationship in <em>2 Days in Paris<\/em>. Along with mere bickering, Marion and Jack fumble unsexily in bed, sneeze in each others faces, and accuse each other of infidelities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large size-full wp-image-2939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Delpy in 2 Days in Paris\" class=\"wp-image-6180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-days-in-paris-delpy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Comment dit-on&#8230; action?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple&#8217;s disastrous two Parisian days build to a climactic argument that is unfortunately covered over in voiceover. It&#8217;s a lovely bit of writing, but it sums things up too well. It&#8217;s implied that the couple stays together, but perhaps in 10 years Delpy will make <em>2 Days in New York<\/em>, and we can see how Marion and Jack have got on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose 2 Days in Paris can be seen as both inspired by and a refutation of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, the pair of films Julie Delpy made with director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke. Although more realistic than most romantic comedy\/dramas in terms of dialog and emotion, it would be fair to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[374,1127,1126],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-stars","category-movies","tag-adam-goldberg","tag-julie-delpy","tag-paris"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/2-days-in-paris-feature.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-aF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":636,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/across-the-universe\/","url_meta":{"origin":661,"position":0},"title":"Julie Taymor does The Beatles songbook in Across the Universe","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"February 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I believe I'm in the minority opinion here, but I really liked Across the Universe. 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