Jan 26, 2012
Film 604: Midnight in Paris Trivia: The movie’s key art incorporates Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Starry Night.” Interestingly, the character of van Gogh does not appear in the film, though he could well have done so in the “Belle Epoque” sequence.  Carla Bruni, who plays the tour guide at the Rodin Museum, is also the First Lady of France (she has been married to French President Nicholas Sarkozy since February 2008).  When Zelda Fitzgerald suggests to Gil that they leave the party and go to Bricktop’s, she is referring to Chez Bricktop, the famous Paris nightclub run by Ada Bricktop Smith. Ada Smith appeared as herself in Woody Allen’s Zelig as one of the modern-day “witnesses”. 

Film 604: Midnight in Paris

Trivia: The movie’s key art incorporates Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Starry Night.” Interestingly, the character of van Gogh does not appear in the film, though he could well have done so in the “Belle Epoque” sequence. 

Carla Bruni, who plays the tour guide at the Rodin Museum, is also the First Lady of France (she has been married to French President Nicholas Sarkozy since February 2008). 

When Zelda Fitzgerald suggests to Gil that they leave the party and go to Bricktop’s, she is referring to Chez Bricktop, the famous Paris nightclub run by Ada Bricktop Smith. Ada Smith appeared as herself in Woody Allen’s Zelig as one of the modern-day “witnesses”. 

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