These roughly 25 minutes of cinema history are shown at Disneyland Paris. Director Jerry Rees, who already worked with Tim Burton more than 30 years ago and writer Steve Spiegel have created quite a few magical movie-related short films for theme parks, but this one is their best work from what I've seen so far. It starts pretty chronologically with the very early B&W-silent films from the late 19th century. Afterwards it covers the different genres, like film noir, western, musicals etc. At some point, it uses the chronological narrative, but that's not much of an issue. Pinocchio was included rather included for example.
Our guide on this journey is notable TV-actor Martin Short. His female counterpart is Julie Delpy, one of France's most famous actresses and an obvious choice as this is shown in Paris. This attraction film was done shortly before the second film of the "Before..."-trilogy and I dare say, she's easily one of the most stunning actresses of her generation. Such a delight to see her in all these famous character roles. Towards the end of the film, the two try to come together and Short, while looking for her, runs into extracts from some of the most famous movies in pop culture these days, such as "The Silence of the Lambs", "Toy Story", "Lord of the Rings" and of course "Star Wars".
Also included were "Avatar" and a few films shot after 2002, so it seems they constantly keep the film up-to-date, which is definitely a good thing. I believe I also caught a glimpse of Black Swan. In any case, if you get to Paris, this is definitely a must-see: a truly wonderful journey through everything that is so great about cinema.
Our guide on this journey is notable TV-actor Martin Short. His female counterpart is Julie Delpy, one of France's most famous actresses and an obvious choice as this is shown in Paris. This attraction film was done shortly before the second film of the "Before..."-trilogy and I dare say, she's easily one of the most stunning actresses of her generation. Such a delight to see her in all these famous character roles. Towards the end of the film, the two try to come together and Short, while looking for her, runs into extracts from some of the most famous movies in pop culture these days, such as "The Silence of the Lambs", "Toy Story", "Lord of the Rings" and of course "Star Wars".
Also included were "Avatar" and a few films shot after 2002, so it seems they constantly keep the film up-to-date, which is definitely a good thing. I believe I also caught a glimpse of Black Swan. In any case, if you get to Paris, this is definitely a must-see: a truly wonderful journey through everything that is so great about cinema.