...This chapter explores the question, posed by Svetlana Boym in The Future of Nostalgia, ‘How can one be homesick for a home that one never had?’ Its focus is Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight in Paris, the director’s most overt and sustained meditation on nostalgia...

... Goode Matthew Wilton Penelope Sophocles magic of luck “the dark cloud that has followed me since childhood” Crime and Punishment failure of will and reason a “grander scheme” “some small sign of justice of meaning” Midnight in Paris Man: Do you believe in magic? I know, I’ve read all your...

... of the muse as active in relation to the artist as passive receptor of inspiration. This chapter looks at these motifs as they are taken up in three films: Jean Renoir’s Elena et les hommes (1956), Raúl Ruiz’s Klimt (2006), and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris...

... thinking” as a psychological malady in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris. apocalyptic narratives Hesiod iron age nostalgia post 9 11 United States of America USA Arcadia The pastoral ideal Antoinette Marie Eclogues pastoral genre Poussin Nicolas Theocritus Vergil agricultural...

... for or transcendence of his mortality. Allen Woody —films —screenplays Bjorkman Stig McGrath Douglas Royal Derek Parker Scott A O Lax Eric Hemingway Ernest A.O. Scott Stardust Memories Radio Days Anything Else Shadows and Fog Midnight in Paris Scoop I’m still trying to make a really great film. —Allen...