6/30/2011

The New Yorker's Richard Brody, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, and Le Corbusier


Allen with Owen Wilson, Cannes, 2011

Fans of the art and literature of the 1920's delight at all of their favorite genius that appear in the night in Woody Allen's latest film, Midnight in Paris. Allen's nostalgic screenwriter protagonist, Gil meets all the colorful personas of Parisian modernism: Gertrude Stein, Picasso, Hemingway, Man Ray, T.S., and others. The notable exclusion here, argues Brody, is Le Corbusier, the most famous architect of the Parisian modernist circle. How is "Corbu" any different than the other modernists?

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Le Corbusier

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