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Eric Rohmer's Rendez-Vous in Paris was slated for release by Artifical Eye several years ago, but never showed up. Now, with Rohmer's recent passing, they have finally allowed the title a much deserved release. And while this is a bare bones package -- you get the film and nothing else, not even a trailer! -- it's also a must have for fans of the great auteur.Made in the middle of The Tales Of The Four Seasons, Rendez-Vous in Paris finds Rohmer at his typically brilliant best as he charts three stories of love and chance in the iconic city. As fans of Rohmer will expect, these tales are driven by dialogue, a painter's eye for composition and a love for human beings and the spaces they inhabit that is cinematically without rival.But this also finds Rohmer having a great deal of fun behind the camera. This is the work of a professional, seasoned filmmaker getting back to basics and throwing himself into it with relish and abandon. Made quickly and on a low budget, the film often delivers a documentary sense of the vibrancy of Paris and Parisian life. It's also notable for the wheelchair tracking shots that mark the first episode and recall the ad-hoc, nouvelle-vague style of Rohmer's feature debut Le Signe du Lion.For those who do not care for Rohmer's work, this will do nothing to sway opinion. But for those who do, this is an essential purchase.

I already had every ERIC ROHMER film available on dvd. I saw Rendez-vous in Paris in 1995, and bought the dvd as soon as possible. I have every other film of his on dvd, long or short. Paris always comes alive in his films. and when I visit Paris, I always visit parts he uses. Parc Monceau is one that is well worth a few hours of wandering.There is a lot of history there-not to be missed Thank you ERIC ROHMERBill

When I saw this in 1994 I fell asleep in the cinema - I had a much more rock and roll lifestyle in those days! The three stories are great and good to practice your French. When you have seen all the modern classics and you want more, this will do the job.

If you are a fan of Rohmer's cinema, you will already own this and probably have watched it several times. If you have chanced upon this DVD, and are interested in French cinema, then you really ought to give this a try. Three stories, involving coincidence and chance, set in Paris. You can't go wrong!

I first rented this dvd from the lirbray, and fell in love with it's parisian charm and when i saw it on amazon i decided to buy it .. nice to watch with a chilled glass of wine

There are few directors who give such a quiet joy at the whole cinematic process as Eric Rohmer. As someone said about this film when it was released, he makes you feel more intelligent as you watch because of the acuity of his gaze, but at the same time it seems so unassuming, so artless, that it could almost disappear into thin air like a soap bubble. This is one of his lightest films, being divided into sections like Quatre Aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle, but here the stories are not even linked, although they do reflect fascinatingly off each other. The underlying theme is meetings that turn around the subject of love without being about actual lovers except in one case - the first pair we see on screen - whose time together is very limited even within the 25-minute duration. All the encounters are set against a particular area of Paris that seems to be a part of what they are; they couldn't happen anywhere else in quite the same way. Hardly anyone gets the sense of place like Rohmer, even though it seems almost by accident. The first part of this triptych is particularly marvellous in its coincidences, which are set against each other dizzyingly. It points up how much of what happens in life is the result of chance, here turned into an exquisite shape with a delightful main character called Esther. It's a pity Rohmer never cast the actress in another role, as far as I know, because this one certainly leaves you wanting more. The second takes us round a number of parks as we eavesdrop on the trysts between a self-assured, already attached young woman and a slightly older male teacher. It ends with a story set in Le Marais involving a painter who meets two very different young women in connection with the Musee Picasso. It too suggests many meanings the more you think about it. They are the kind of vignettes that you find yourself going over in your mind days later, when they seem even more vivid than at the time of watching, and you end up having to watch it again to check you aren't misremembering the details ... The way Rohmer resonates in the mind afterwards is a particular feature of his work, and one of his great advantages over other flashier directors of today who put a lot of emphasis on impact. Perhaps the soap bubble is not so quick to burst after all.