Dream of Paris is a romantic ethics film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Michael Pitt, Louis Garrell and Eva Green, released in France on February 6, 2004. Set against the backdrop of the 1968 student movement in France, the film tells the story of three young men, Leo, Matthew and Isabella, who dream of a good swim in the torrent of history with their lust to explore.
In terms of cinematic approach, Bertolucci pays homage to a large number of classic film clips in the film, and the more you know about film history, the more you can get from "Dream of Paris".
Below is a tribute to the classic film clip from the film I summarized.
When the three first met, Isabella said she was born in 1959, and after that two clips from another film appeared, the woman said, the New York Herald Tribune, and the man said, Want to go to Rome with me? The film, titled À bout de souffle (1960), is a 1960 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Isabella and Leo fight, and Matthew guesses the movie Top Hat (1935).
Isabella wakes Marthu up and performs a clip from Queen Christina/Queen Christine (1933) of Queen of Sweden.
The three men went on a rampage to the Louvre in imitation of Bande à part (1964) of The Outlaw.
After the Louvre's successful run, "We accept him, one of us" is from The Deformed Man (1932)
After the three of them get wet in the rain, Isabella imitates the dance in Blonde Venus (1932) in Venus Blonde.
A clip from Leo performing Scarface (1932) in Scarface makes Isabella and Matthew guess.
The poster on the wall of Leo's room is "Chinese Girl" La chinoise (1967)
Isabella's suicide appears in the film Mouchette (1967) from Muchette.