A Pilgrimage To Paris
Season of Hell
"Season of Hell" is one of my most favourite episodes. So it was really important
to me to find at least the park where Kirika and Milosh meet. I thought it would be
an easy task, but it costed me nearly one day. My idea was: Since the Seine is trapped between
walls, look at the map where parks are close to the river, visit it and compare it
with the production sketches. My first guess, the bank between Pont Sully and Pont d'Austerlitz
in front of the Jardin des Plantes/Ménageries, had some resemblance, but the bridge
didn't match. I visited all the other parks - no luck. Then I got the idea I might recognize it from
a different view - from the Seine. So I bought an ticket for the Batobus - and right,
I found a park with a matching bridge - Pont Neuf. That was the beginning of the end
of the illusion that the real Paris is the location of Noir.
For the chronological order: I've found St. Germain des Prés
before searching for the locations of "Season of Hell". After "finding" it I returned
to St. Germain des Prés and did realize that there is
no matching lane close to it.
View from the park to the other bank with Pont Neuf.
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Here's a real one. The park begins where this little
wall is at the right side.
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One more view of the park...
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....that had to match with this picture. As you can see,
except Pont Neuf it has nothing in common.
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That view is supposed to be from the Seine into the park...
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...and that's how it looks in reality. That's because the park
is located at the Ile de Cité.
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After finding that out I felt rage in me. Why do they pretend it would play in Paris and then alter the locations that much? For me it would have been better they'd decided for a fictional place. Like some places where they carry out their hits. Or the town in Japan.
Remember what I've said in the beginning about
Pont d'Austerlitz? That's a view at it from Pont Sully. Both sides look green, but
at the left side are only single trees with plaster between them, as you can see it
at the first screenshot. At the right side is a real park with grass between the trees.
So they have mixed both locations together. The picture isn't from me. I've taken it
from French Wikipedia.
I wish I'd taken my own pictures despite it didn't match the production sketches. The resemblance
would be obvious.
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