Recommended Reading & Films, France

Recommended Films (Name, Director)
  • Amélie (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • An American in Paris (1951) Vincente Minnelli
  • The Bourne Identity (2002) Doug Liman
  • A bout de souffle (1960) Jean-Luc Godard
  • Chocolat (2000) Lasse Hallström
  • Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Stephen Frears
  • Et Dieu… créa la femme (1956) Roger Vadim
  • Diva (1981) Jean-Jacques Beineix
  • My Father the Hero (1991) Gérard Lauzier
  • Festival in Cannes (2001) Henry Jaglom
  • Forget Paris (1995) Billy Crystal
  • French Kiss (1995) Lawrence Kasdan
  • The Girl on the Bridge (1999) Patrice Leconte
  • A Good Year (2006) Ridley Scott
  • Hôtel du Nord (1938) Marcel Carné
  • Jean de Florette; Manon des Sources (1986) Claude Berri
  • Jules et Jim (1962) François Truffaud
  • Marie Antoinette (2006) Sofia Coppola
  • Monsieur Ibrahim (2003) François Dupeyron
  • Moulin Rouge! (2001) Baz Luhrmann
  • Le Mouton Enragé (1974) Michel Deville
  • Is Paris Burning (1966) René Clément
  • Paris, je t’aime (2006) Olivier Assayas 
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Tom Tykwer
  • Sabrina (1954) Billy Wilder
  • Taxi (1998) Gérard Pirès
  • Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) Sylvain Chomet
  • Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993) Krzysztof Kieslowsi
Recommended Reading (A very brief list)
  • Almost French Sarah Turnbull
  • The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas Gertrude Stein
  • The Avignon Quintet Lawrence Durrell
  • Blackberry Wine Joanne Harris
  • The Book of Salt Monique Truong
  • Céléstine: Voices from a French Village Gillian Tindall
  • Charlotte Gray Sebastian Faulks
  • Citizens Simon Schama
  • The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
  • The Debt to Pleasure John Lanchester
  • An Englishman in Paris; An Englishman à la Campagne Michael Sadler
  • The Fly-Truffler Gustaf Sobin
  • French Country Cooking Elizabeth David
  • The Lady and the Unicorn; The Virgin Blue Tracy Chevalier
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris
  • A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway
  • The Piano Shop on the Left Bank Thad Carhart
  • On Rue Tatin Susan H. Loomis
  • Paris: The Secret History Andrew Hussey
  • Sixty Milllion Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
  • Travelers Tales: Paris (collected essays) J. O’Reilly, S. O’Reilly, Larry Habegger
  • A Year in the Merde Stephen Clarke
  • A Year in Provence; Chasing Cézanne Peter Mayle