Midnight in Paris

Have just greeted 2012 with a walk down memory lane by watching Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.

Having watched the movie, I guess you could call it Woody Allen's love letter to Paris - 'cos that's what it felt like. Paris was everywhere in this movie, not just as a location or a backdrop. And Woody Allen makes this very obvious from the beginning when the first 3-and-a-half minutes of the movie features shots of Paris - without a single actor on screen.

It was lovely.

And a thrill as we recognised the various locations used in the movie - Montmartre, Moulin Rouge, Notre Dame, the stairs of the Rue Foyatier, Pigalle and along the banks of the River Seine .....

... a shot of this bridge. This exact spot was chosen from the few-kilometers long walkway beside the River Seine. And this photo, just like the scene in the movie, doesn't show the top of the bridge.

I guess, sometimes a movie isn't just a movie.