Midnight in Paris Family extra credit project: Parents: This assignment is designed for family time. I do not want students to share answers with friends. I would like for this to be family time and a collaborative effort. It is perfectly fine for parents to help students. I ask that you initial each answer that your child does at home. At least one parent needs to watch the movie with his or her child and work on the assignment with the child. You can look online for answers and provide any personal information that you know about any character or subject. We have been studying the 1920’s, the ex-patriot artists, and are about to read The Great Gatsby. Both Fitzgerald and Hemingway were summer reading authors. This movie is available on DVD, RedBox, NetFlix, and maybe Cable. It is 1.5 hours long and stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams. There is no sex or profane language. It is truly a great fit for what we are studying. This is due by the end of February and will count for the third quarter.
Before watching the movie, identify the following and include at least one significant detail that will help you remember a quality:
- Monet
- The narrative poem: “Miniver Cheevy”
- Rodin’s “The Thinker”
- Josephine Baker
- Cole Porter
- Juan Belmonte
- Alice Toklas
- Gertrude Stein
- Djuna Barnes
- Man Ray
- Luis Bunuel
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Paul Gauguin
- Edgar Degas
- James Joyce
- Leon Trotsky
- Shakespeare and Company bookstore
- Monmartre and Sacre Couer in Paris
- Salvador Dali
- T.S. Elliot
- Mont Saint Michel
- Pablo Picasso
- Henri Matisse
- Belle Epoque
- Jean Cocteau
- Coco Chanel
Watch the movie with a parent and see if you can answer the following as you go along. The approximate minute on the timer is in ().
(5) (45) Where are Gil and Inez? (water lilies) Who is the artist?
What is the significance of Hemingway’s “moveable feast”?
(7) Where/what is the Sorbonne?
Where/what is Versailles?
(11) How is the “Minerva Cheevy” allusion and the “Golden Age” thinking key in the discussion?
(12) (59) Consider the reason why Rodin’s “The Thinker” is paramount in the movie.
(19) (44) Consider why Cole Porter’s music is featured prominently.
(20) How is Zelda Fitzgerald’s mention of “bathtub gin” timely?
F. Scott Fitzgerald calls Gil “Old Sport.” In what novel is this expression?
How is Zelda’s use of the word “lobotomized” timely and personal?
Fitzgerald says, “We are all bored.” How is this line important?
(23) Who is Gil watching dance?
(24) (34) (47)Analyze why Zelda does not like Hemingway.
Zelda leaves with Hemingway’s friend the Toreador. In what novel by Hemingway was there a Toreador, and how is this scene similar in that novel.
Connect Hemingway’s comments about war and boxing to his life.
How did Hemingway’s friendship with Belmonte develop in one of his novels?
(36) (45) Analyze Picasso’s painting.
(38) Analyze Adrianna’s attraction to the Belle Epoque era.
(44) What kind of record player plays Cole Porter records?
(47) Hemingway says, “…ever shot a charging lion?” and “…woman equal to man in courage…” In what short story is this prominent?
(50) How is Gil’s comment, “I am lost” significant?
(52) How is it significant that Zelda tries to jump into the water, and what reason does she give?
(55) How is the skull on Dali’s walking stick appropriate as well as his comments about tears, rhinoceroses, and Christ’s face?
(59) Define pedantic.
(1.09) Gil says “witch hunt,” and Inez says, “Daddy says you’re a communist.” To what are they alluding?
(1.18) Why is Maxime’s and the Belle Epoque era special to Adriana?
Contrast Adriana’s ideas about the Golden age with Gaughin’s.
(1.25) How/why is it implied that Hemingway has great insight about infidelity?
(1.27) Assess why John says, “Say ‘hi’ to Trotsky.”
Where and with whom is the detective stuck?
Each correct/complete response is worth two points. Parents, please initial next to the responses you and your child did at home. Please help encourage that it is not appropriate to share responses with friends. Please sign your name below, and include comments about this assignment. I would like to hear the feedback.
Thank you,
Anne Irwin