Midnight in Paris

Misery following the French win over England in the Rugby World Cup this morning and then joy seeing Midnight in Paris this afternoon. Schizophrenia? Midnight in Paris is one of Woody Allen's best films or at least one of those I have enjoyed the most. His two most disappointing films were the London ones because in my view he never quite captured the subtlety of English humour and the way class works. His view of class was of a pre '60s stereotype. Anyway I enjoyed watching Midnight in Paris infinitely more than the England/France game. As always in a Woody Allen film the acting was a joy to watch, even Carla Bruni did her bits well. A pity that her husband has been such a disappointing President, shown up particularly badly by the euro crisis where instead of leadership he has shown cowardice. He should have  taken France out of the euro together with the rest of the Latin countries or alternatively he should have insisted Germany and the northern states leave to set up their own monetary union. As it is the global economy is heading for the disaster that even Mervyn King sees looming down the track with the rest of us on the sidelines looking at a slow motion train crash. Will we never learn that what sounds too good to be true always is? The EU in theory sounded like a good idea but it has turned out to be exactly as the sages predicted. The euro to many, many people sounded like a bad idea but to the idealistic dreamers who believe in central planning it was always going to work because they had the will, if not the solution, to make it work. However the dreamers try to resuscitate it the euro is dead or soon will be. Pretension is giving way to reality as it always has to.