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darcydodoThe Matrix Reloaded was playing in the Original Version (i.e., not dubbed into French) at the Gaumont Alésia; I knew this because I'd seen it there when I went to see The Secretary last week. And Katie had a brochure for them, and it confirmed that it was playing there, and told us that there was a showing at 9:40pm. So we left the Cité at 9:15 and walked up there (it's about a 15-20 minute walk).
But it wasn't listed among the movies playing when we got there. It must've just ended a couple days ago. I knew that it had been playing in the French version across the street, at the theater where I actually saw The Secretary, and I suggested that we head over there in the hopes that maybe the V.F. had been replaced with the V.O. No such luck, but when I asked if they knew where it was playing in the original, they did say Montparnasse. So we walked quickly to the Alésia métro stop at the end of the block and caught the train to Montparnasse-Bienvenüe. When we got back up into the night air, we realized that we had a bit of a treasure-hunt on. There were at least four theaters that we could see immediately surrounding us, and possibly more further on. The first two we headed towards were both showing the film, but only in French. The third one, however, held our goal. We ran in and discovered that the film theoretically started at 9:45, and it was currently 9:55. However, this ignored the idea of previews, and while it's true that there were no previews when I went to see The Secretary, this was, I think, an anomaly. And more to the point, there was a screen further away that said the movie started in 4 minutes. This is one organized cinema we're talking about, here! So we bought our tickets, headed up two flights to the salle the movie was playing in, and claimed seats in the front row (the only place where there were two together) just as the last French preview was finishing. Then we sat through a preview of Pirates of the Caribbean (I can't figure out whether it will just be amusing, or whether it'll be awful) and... ta-da. So, just barely in time, but it worked out, which seems to be what all my adventures in Paris are like. See my previous post for thoughts on the movie.
On an entirely different note, I found out tonight that I could have gotten a year-long ticket for the Louvre for only 15 euros. Despite having already spent 5 euros on my last visit, I may well do this. It'll give me an incentive to go lots, which I need. And I'll probably do the same at the Musée d'Orsay when I (hopefully) go this weekend, because I like impressionists. It'll also mean not feeling like I have to stay at the museums until they close, on the Mondays/Wednesdays/Thursdays that they're open late, which makes dinner and homework both a bit difficult.
Sleep time. Yum. (Oops, still haven't done laundry. Bugger.)
But it wasn't listed among the movies playing when we got there. It must've just ended a couple days ago. I knew that it had been playing in the French version across the street, at the theater where I actually saw The Secretary, and I suggested that we head over there in the hopes that maybe the V.F. had been replaced with the V.O. No such luck, but when I asked if they knew where it was playing in the original, they did say Montparnasse. So we walked quickly to the Alésia métro stop at the end of the block and caught the train to Montparnasse-Bienvenüe. When we got back up into the night air, we realized that we had a bit of a treasure-hunt on. There were at least four theaters that we could see immediately surrounding us, and possibly more further on. The first two we headed towards were both showing the film, but only in French. The third one, however, held our goal. We ran in and discovered that the film theoretically started at 9:45, and it was currently 9:55. However, this ignored the idea of previews, and while it's true that there were no previews when I went to see The Secretary, this was, I think, an anomaly. And more to the point, there was a screen further away that said the movie started in 4 minutes. This is one organized cinema we're talking about, here! So we bought our tickets, headed up two flights to the salle the movie was playing in, and claimed seats in the front row (the only place where there were two together) just as the last French preview was finishing. Then we sat through a preview of Pirates of the Caribbean (I can't figure out whether it will just be amusing, or whether it'll be awful) and... ta-da. So, just barely in time, but it worked out, which seems to be what all my adventures in Paris are like. See my previous post for thoughts on the movie.
On an entirely different note, I found out tonight that I could have gotten a year-long ticket for the Louvre for only 15 euros. Despite having already spent 5 euros on my last visit, I may well do this. It'll give me an incentive to go lots, which I need. And I'll probably do the same at the Musée d'Orsay when I (hopefully) go this weekend, because I like impressionists. It'll also mean not feeling like I have to stay at the museums until they close, on the Mondays/Wednesdays/Thursdays that they're open late, which makes dinner and homework both a bit difficult.
Sleep time. Yum. (Oops, still haven't done laundry. Bugger.)
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Date: 2003-06-13 02:06 am (UTC)What a minute!
Re: What a minute!
Date: 2003-06-13 09:11 am (UTC)