The star-studded romantic comedy Midnight in Paris is one of Woody Allen's most recent films, which he wrote, directed and wrote. It's a movie about a man named Gil (Owen Wilson) who travels to Paris with his girlfriend's parents to expand his imagination and ends up taking a trip to the 1920s while walking the streets of Paris at night. Not only is this film engaging and witty, but it also manages to provide both overt and covert examples of postmodernism in cinema. Analyzing Woody Allen's 2011 film Midnight in Paris, we can identify the presence of many underlying motifs in both the narrative and characterization of the film when using some of Frederic Jameson and Jean Baudrillard's concepts on postmodernism. One of the main concepts on which postmodernism is based is bricolage, which is reflected in Midnight in Paris through the use and mixing of different styles and genres. It's not exactly simple to pinpoint or even categorize the type of Midnight in Paris film, genre assemblages include romance, comedy, fantasy, adventure, history, and time travel. There is definitely a blurred line as to which genre dominates this film because all of these genres blend seamlessly together making it difficult to distinguish where each decides to be featured. Allen managed to tone down the use of long, fixed shots to highlight the city of Paris towards the beginning of the film as opening shots, a technique that is not used very often in mainstream Hollywood films. Then he revives the city at midnight; where its cinematography is softened for shots that should have taken place in the golden age. The other shots of today are very vivid and sharp compared to those of t......middle of paper......it's as if there is no point in regretting the past, something that can no longer exist and that cannot no longer be recovered. By introducing viewers to all these postmodern elements in Midnight in Paris, he not only shows us what is wrong with our society, but also how we can move forward instead of looking back. Works Cited Bruno, Giuliana. “Ramble City: Postmodernism and Blade Runner.” In Zona Aliena, ed. Annette Kuhn. London; New York: Verso, 1990. 183-195.Hayward, Susan. Film studies: the key concepts. New York: Routledge, 2006. Book.Hill, John. "Film and postmodernism". Hill Church, John and Pamela Gibson. Film studies: critical approach. New York: Oxforce University Press, 2000. 94-102. Book. Midnight in Paris. Director Woody Allen. Perf. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller. 2011.DVD.Wysocki, Jonathan. “FEA 401: Postmodernism.” Lesson notes. November 13th 2013.