March 18, 2004

Oh, Amelie!

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My favorite online DVD store gave me a nice discount last Christmas and I bought a bunch of DVDs during the holidays. Tonight I finally got round to watching one of them - Amelie! Watching it again was like finding a small treasure I'd hidden a long time ago, not unlike the tin box of mementos hidden by Mr. Bredoteau in the 1950s.

I laughed and smiled and felt very warmed by the burgeoning mystery and attraction between Nino and Amelie. Nino works two jobs, as a skeleton in a horror train ride at a funfair and at a porn video store, but his passion lies in collecting things; presently they are discarded photos at instant photo booths around train stations in Paris. Amelie, a waitress at Deux Moulin, turns a do-gooder after returning the box of trinkets to its aging owner. She doesn't just do good, she changes lives.

I think every girl wanted to be Amelie after watching the movie. Amelie the perpetual dreamer, the sweet pixie who skips stones and makes great plum cake. And certain guys wanted to find Amelies for themselves. Me, I just want to go to Paris and climb to Montmarte! Actually, once, I did think about cutting the hair a la Amelie, but I didn't think it'd suit me. Paris it is then, some day.

Posted by Monoceros at March 18, 2004 11:16 PM
Comments

Amelie! paris is lovely Vanny... Montmarte on a lovely summer's day with the sky blue above is simply simply beautiful...

so much to see in paris... oui.

Posted by: tiggie at March 21, 2004 11:08 AM

I visited Paris for a week when I was studying in Italy, but I didn't venture to Montmarte! Oh, I wish I could go back. It's so beautiful. I was there in fall and it was splendid.

Posted by: Van Heng at March 21, 2004 10:19 PM

oh I love Amelie!!! Paris, oh Paris, tis such a lovely city!

Posted by: joan at March 21, 2004 11:46 PM

Go on Van, cut your hair like Amelie!

Posted by: B at March 22, 2004 8:58 AM

B, I might do that this summer. We'll see. =)

Posted by: Van Heng at March 22, 2004 8:36 PM