So This is Paris (1926)

Been wanting to see this for years, and now glad that it didn't happen until this glowing new restoration. Unsurprisingly, a master class in comic timing and exposition---Lubitsch's sheer patience and confidence in letting moments build and unhurriedly pay off never ceases…

nitrate74

apparently nightlife in the 1920s went so hard that people willingly went to jail to sleep it off

eely

Ernst Lubitsch’s silent comedies including So This Is Paris are like precious, finely cut gems. They’re tightly calculated and precisely executed. Lubitsch uses every available method to construct jokes, gags, innuendos and slapstick. There are jokes in the montage, in the…

Chris Hughes

It's neither as joyously warm as some of Lubitsch's earlier German silents (ex. I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Doll, Kohlhiesel's Daughters) nor as deliciously witty as the sophisticated talkies that obviously benefit from having dialogue (Trouble in Paradise, Design for…

theironcupcake

Monte Blue has very quickly slurred and stumbled his way onto my list of favourite movie drunks.

heatherNZ

Been meaning to watch a silent Lubitsch for forever as I was unsure how his verbose comedy might have played out pre-talkie. Turns out it's somehow every bit as erudite and dialogue-driven even when you're just reading lips and have no intertitles. There are too many gags…

Jake Cole

Previously available only on a grungy rip from unknown source shared among hobbyist collectors, a copy I never gathered the gumption to decipher, this classic comedy from Ernst Lubitsch's days in silent Hollywood is finally available in the quality it deserves, thanks to a…

Evelyn

What a delight! Timing is everything in this picture. What sophisticated editing and confident performances and direction! From the dazzling musical montage in a silent film, to the split second timing of the reaction shots, this is polished perfection. And the way…

hellohildy

A wild night in Paris is portrayed with a surfeit of style. Worth watching for the party scenes. What looked like hundreds of extras dancing like crazy people and then layered in multiple exposures. Not Ernst Lubitsch's usual style, but it looks like a good time was had by …

Allan Arkush