Midnight in Paris and the segment “Tuileries” from Paris je t’aime share similarities in the aspect of love and Paris. Gil and Inez in Midnight in Paris are engaged in the beginning of the film, but as the film continues and the storyline starts to unfold it is seen that this “happy” couple truly isn’t happy. Gil is in denial of his relationship to where he doesn’t see that Inez is having an affair with Paul. He gets wrapped up and lost in the idea of Paris in the 1920s and begins unknowingly writing about his own relationship in his book. This idea of getting lost in the romance of Paris is also seen in the short segment “Tuileries”. Buscemi’s character is continuously flipping through his tourist guide book and one of the first things he
