Paris Blues

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Troy C @RT04833909 Jan 20 Disclaimer: This review is deeply biased. I love this movie, can't believe I haven't even heard of it before. I love it because Paul Newman is so good and so gorgeous. See more Leah R @RT70443524 02/20/2025 I love Paris. I love jazz and blues, and I LOVE PAUL NEWMAN. Great to see these 4 amazing actors when they were young... not much of a story, but a must see nonetheless. See more Claudia T @RT71727254 08/23/2023 One of my favorite movies I've watched maybe twenty times since I was young. I saw someone describe it as plotless. I mean if you want to watch a really blatant thriller then there are plenty crap high plot films on netlfix now, but this is subtly full of meaning and existential dread, creativity, bigotry, love, desire, music. Oh the music. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, it's absolutely brilliant, and the cast is brilliant including one of the few films with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward together, the love of a lifetime. The ending isn't Hollywood perfect room though, it's real and it's deeply touching. Watch it. See more Steve D @RT35616104 07/17/2023 the music parts just aren't interesting. See more Steve S @RT32687682 06/05/2022 This film sets an incredible mood. The jazz filled clubs and Paris back drop makes for one cool movie. Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier are jazz musicians working the clubs in Paris. They meet to American girls on vacation, played by Joanne Woodward and Diahann Carroll. Even Louis Armstrong is around for good measure. The four people pair off and begin to build relationships. The film is good drama, but I feel it stops just short of being an exceptional work. The performances are top notch, as you might expect. There is a great scene where everyone jams out. There's a moment close to the end of the film where one of the characters shows reveals ho bad his addiction to drugs is. It's a great moment, that could have elevated the film more if thee plot had expanded this theme. See more 02/20/2022 Gave up after 40 minutes. I have a lot of time for the leads, and for Louis and Ellington for that matter. But there seemed to be no plot whatsoever and nothing to sustain interest in terms of character. I've read other reviews stating that the shots of Paris were lovely, yet a lot of the street scenes I saw were clearly filmed in a studio with unconvincing painted backdrops. Considering the pedigree of the acting talent, the heady sense of place Ritt was able to evoke in both Edge of the City and The Long, Hot Summer, and the fact that À bout de soufflé came out a year earlier, this should have been so much better. See more Read all reviews

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