As I wrote yesterday, the two best tunes in Wes Anderson‘s The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight, 9.29) and arguably the most flat-out enjoyable aspects of the film itself are Peter Sarstedt‘s “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)” and Joe Dassin‘s “Les Champs-Elysees.” The Dassin song is a sentimental French cornball thing, but the Darjeeling usage has made it cool. Here‘s the least offensive YouTube video I could find.
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